Peace operations are what states make of them: Why future evolution is more likely than extinction

IF 4 1区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Contemporary Security Policy Pub Date : 2021-02-08 DOI:10.1080/13523260.2021.1882802

K. P. Coleman, Paul D. Williams

引用次数: 15

Abstract

ABSTRACT Peace operations are a highly resilient international institution for managing armed conflict. Their resilience derives from what constructivists in International Relations theory call collective intentionality and the malleable constitutive rules that define and structure such missions. Despite a range of current constraints, challenges, and crises, peace operations are unlikely to become extinct unless a critical mass of states consistently withdraw material support for them and explicitly denigrate the concept of peace operations itself. We see little evidence that both these things are likely to occur. However, the constitutive rules guiding peace operations are likely to continue to evolve due to ideational and material changes. While the proliferation of actors and mission types makes precise predictions impossible, we expect an evolution both in how various actors define their own peace operations and how these actors relate to each other.

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和平行动是由国家决定的:为什么未来的进化比灭绝更有可能

和平行动是管理武装冲突的一个具有高度弹性的国际机构。它们的弹性源于国际关系理论中的建构主义者所说的集体意向性，以及定义和构建此类使命的可塑构成规则。尽管目前存在一系列限制、挑战和危机，但除非大量国家持续撤回对和平行动的物质支持，并明确诋毁和平行动本身的概念，否则和平行动不太可能消失。几乎没有证据表明这两件事都可能发生。但是，指导和平行动的构成规则可能会由于理念和物质上的变化而继续演变。虽然行动者和任务类型的激增使精确的预测变得不可能，但我们期望各种行动者如何定义自己的和平行动以及这些行动者如何相互关联方面都将发生变化。

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14.60

自引率

6.80%

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期刊介绍： One of the oldest peer-reviewed journals in international conflict and security, Contemporary Security Policy promotes theoretically-based research on policy problems of armed conflict, intervention and conflict resolution. Since it first appeared in 1980, CSP has established its unique place as a meeting ground for research at the nexus of theory and policy. Spanning the gap between academic and policy approaches, CSP offers policy analysts a place to pursue fundamental issues, and academic writers a venue for addressing policy. Major fields of concern include: War and armed conflict Peacekeeping Conflict resolution Arms control and disarmament Defense policy Strategic culture International institutions. CSP is committed to a broad range of intellectual perspectives. Articles promote new analytical approaches, iconoclastic interpretations and previously overlooked perspectives. Its pages encourage novel contributions and outlooks, not particular methodologies or policy goals. Its geographical scope is worldwide and includes security challenges in Europe, Africa, the Middle-East and Asia. Authors are encouraged to examine established priorities in innovative ways and to apply traditional methods to new problems.