Impacts of peacekeeping on participating forces Peacekeeping

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1 impacts of peacekeeping on participating forces

1.1 military normalisation
1.2 political impact on sending countries
1.3 impacts on individual peacekeepers





impacts of peacekeeping on participating forces
military normalisation

some commentators have highlighted potential leverage peacekeeping operations mechanism advancing military normalisation. michael edward walsh , jeremy taylor have argued japan s peacekeeping operations in south sudan provide promoting japan s military normalisation unique opportunity further erode country’s pacifist constitution. unable accept full weight of modern peacekeeping operations without fundamental political, legal, , social changes, conclude japan’s peacekeepers remain ill prepared tackle many serious contingencies requiring use of deadly force. reason, suggest japan s continued participation in un peacekeeping operations might force policy changes push country toward tipping point normalisation of japan’s military (will be) outcome.


political impact on sending countries

diana muir appelbaum, has expressed concern creation of military in fiji purpose of serving in international peacekeeping missions, has produced military powerful enough stage 4 coups d’état (1987, 1999–2000, 2006, , 2009) , rule fiji military dictatorship on 2 decades.


impacts on individual peacekeepers

memorial in kigali, rwanda ten belgian peacekeepers of unamir massacred hutu paramilitaries in 1994


studies of peacekeeping soldiers show both positive , negative effects. study of 951 army soldiers assigned bosnia revealed 77% reported positive consequences, 63% reported negative consequence, , 47% reported both. peacekeepers exposed danger caused warring parties , in unfamiliar climate. gives rise different mental health problems, suicide, , substance abuse shown percentage of former peacekeepers problems. having parent in mission abroad extended period stressful peacekeepers families.


another viewpoint raises problem peacekeeping may soften troops , erode combat ability, mission profile of peacekeeping contingent totally different profile of unit fighting all-out war.








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