Research Catalog

Title

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : multiple perspectives on a multinational peace operation / Elena Aoun (ed.).

Publication

Brussels : P.I.E. Peter Lang, [2018]

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Additional Authors

Aoun, Elena

Description

335 pages; 21 cm.

Summary

"UN peacekeeping is a complex endeavor resting on multinational partnership in strained contexts. Diverse national interests, doctrines, policies, and cultures come together in one operation to pursue common goals defined by the UN Security Council. They do so with usually ambiguous mandates and often find themselves operating in intricate environments. This is particularly true in the case of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. The UNIFIL has been deployed since 1978 in South Lebanon to prevent hostilities between Israel and non-state actors operating from the Lebanese territory. Over the decades, it has witnessed significant shifts in its security and political environments yet survived them. The force and its mandate have been significantly strengthened in the aftermath of the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. Its large contingent often draws from over thirty troop-contributing countries. Combined with a volatile political and strategic context, this diversity makes the UNIFIL a particularly interesting case to study the various challenges facing multinational peacekeeping. This book brings together researchers and practitioners from various backgrounds, including from the two beneficiaries of the UNIFIL - Lebanon and Israel. Grounding their contributions either on first-hand experience or on fieldwork, the authors address a variety of issues affecting a peace mission such as the UNIFIL. The first set of contributions investigates the defining features of UNIFIL's environment from different perspectives. The second set analyzes the multicultural challenges to the peace operation with a focus on European countries. The third one explores the rise of non-European countries. Overall, through the case of the UNIFIL, the various chapters weave a broad picture of today's peacekeeping, the challenges it faces, and avenues for the enhancement of its effectiveness."--

Series Statement

Geopolitics and conflict resolution, 1780-5848 ; no 22

Uniform Title

Géopolitique et résolution des conflits ; no 22.

Subjects

• Lebanon
• Lebanon > History, Military > 21st century
• UNIFIL
• United Nations Peacekeeping forces > Lebanon
• Lebanon > History, Military > 20th century
• Military history
• 1900-2099
• Peacekeeping forces > Lebanon

Genre/Form

Military history.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Foreword. Studying peacekeeping requires patience and stamina / Joseph Soeters -- The UNIFIL : multiple perspectives on a peace operation's challenges and effectiveness / Elena Aoun and Efrat Elron -- The evolving environment of UNIFIL : old challenges and new threats / Elena Aoun -- Lebanese perceptions of the UNIFIL : views from the South / Matthieu Cimino and Nadim Farhat -- The European involvement in post-2006 UNIFIL : the art of the possible / Elena Aoun -- Turkey's role in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) / Ünsal Si̇ri, A. Kadir Varȯlu, Serdar Genç, Demet Varȯlu -- Between national character and multinational coexistence : the Italian contingent in UNIFIL II (2008-2014) / Giulia Aubry -- Smaller contingents in peace operations : comparing Slovenian and Belgium cultures and perceptions within UNIFIL / Janja Vuga Beršnak, Delphine Resteigne, Ljubica Jelušič -- Multicultural challenges in peace operations : the case of Germany's involvement in UNIFIL's maritime task force / Sonja A. Sackmann and Manuela Bräuer -- Europeans to the front! : the role of France, Italy and Spain in the UNIFIL enhancement / Alexander Mattelaer -- UN peacekeeping operations : perspective of an Indian peacekeeper / AK Bardalai -- UNIFIL's East Asian presence : pioneering a peacekeeping role in the Middle East / Eduardo Lachica.

Call Number

JFD 19-249

ISBN

• 9782807602496
• 2807602495

LCCN

2018014684

OCLC

1041581844

Title

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : multiple perspectives on a multinational peace operation / Elena Aoun (ed.).

Publisher

Brussels : P.I.E. Peter Lang, [2018]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Geopolitics and conflict resolution, 1780-5848 ; no 22

Géopolitique et résolution des conflits ; no 22.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

1900-2099

Added Author

Aoun, Elena, editor.

Research Call Number

JFD 19-249