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1. Two ConflictingNotions
There are two conflictingideas about UN
peace-keepingoperations. The first is that
the UN is coming into its own as an international actor. Recently, United Nations
peace-keeping has enjoyed some success
aftera long periodof mixedresults.This has
coincidedwith the end of the Cold Warand
bipolar global politics, creating an impressionof sudden universalsupportfor internationalconflictmanagement.States can
now set politics aside and work cooperatively to maintaininternationalnorms and
standardsas embodiedand protectedby the
UN system. This has led to more frequent
calls from aroundthe world for the UN to
field broader-reachingand more proactive
peace-keeping operations. The UN has
fielded more operationsin the past several
years than it has in any comparableperiod
since it began peace-keepingoperations in
1948(Goulding, 1993).
The conflicting notion is that UN
* The author wishes to thank Roger Knudson, Nils
Petter Gleditsch, and three anonymous JPR reviewers
for their helpful suggestions and comments on earlier
drafts of this article. All opinions and mistakes, of
course, are the author's.
membersare increasinglynervousaboutthe
recent tendency for the UN to assume an
international persona separate from its
members.' This nervousnesscan serve as a
useful check on an unbridledUN activism.
But, resistance to increasingUN activism
may undercutthe UN at a time when it is
finallylivingup to the expectationsbuiltinto
its charter. States will participate in UN
peace-keeping only in limited ways and
with constant approval-seekingfrom their
national capitals. Expanded scope or not,
the UN cannot functionwithout the voluntarycomplianceand full andcommittedparticipationof its members.
The resolutionof this dilemmamay well
set the foundation for the type of world
system to come. If the UN continues to
expand its activities the idea of national
sovereigntywill be narrowed,while the idea
of internationalcommunityand its attendant memberobligationswill be enhanced.If
the UN is 'reined in' instead (Lefever,
1993), internationalcommunity will once
again be sacrificedto nationalinterests,especiallythose of dominantstate actors, and
the new world order will operate on much
the same principlesas the old.
These broaderimplicationsfor the com-
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Fundamentalto the idea of UN peace-keeping is the assertionof neutrality.UN peacekeeping was begun as a way to circumvent
the politicaldeadlockbetween the USA and
the USSR in the Security Council while
allowing the UN to fulfill its charter obligations regardingthe maintenanceof international peace (Higgins, 1993; United
Nations, 1990).The UN wouldtake no sides
but establisha neutral militarypresence to
facilitatethe peacefulresolutionof conflict.
Similarly,states participatingin UN peacekeeping would not pursue individual
interestsconcerningany of the combatants.
Another facet of neutrality is that
whereas countries are duty bound by UN
collective security resolutions, the evolving practice of peace-keeping has been
premisedon the idea that countriesare not
requiredto participatebut do so by their
own volition (Higgins, 1993). Involvement
or non-involvementtheoreticallydoes not
signify anythingabout a country'spolitical
intentionsbut is, instead, the apoliticaldecision by the participantto supportthe global communityand its ideals.
Peace-keepingoperationsundertakenoutside the mantle of the UN should not be
It can be arguedthat the term 'peace-keeping' has been co-opted by the Russian
government to mask continued Russian
interestin empire. Peace-keepersfrom outside the former USSR who have no vested
interestin the outcomes of the politicaland
militarystruggleswithin the new republics
would be able to wear the 'neutral'mantle
more crediblythanthe Russianarmycan.
Peace-keepingcan be used to maskpolitical intentions. Since the conclusion of the
Gulf War of 1991, a multilateralforce has
watched over Northern Iraq and over the
skies of Southern Iraq. This force has the
blessing of the United Nations Security
Council, but the troops deployed do not
wear the blue helmet of the UN. That is,
3. The PoliticalOriginsof UN
Peace-keeping
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Table I. UnitedNationsPeace-keeping,1948-90
ObserverMissions
UNTSO- UN TruceSupervisionOrganization,June 1948to date in Palestine
UNMOGIP- UN MilitaryObserverGroupin Indiaand Pakistan,January1949to date in Jammuand Kashmir,
India, and the India-Pakistanborder
UNOGIL- UN ObservationGroupin Lebanon,June to December1958on Lebanon-Syriaborder
UNYOM- UN YemenObservationMission,July 1963to September1964
in the DominicanRepublic,May 1965to
DOMREP- Missionof the Representativeof the Secretary-General
October1966
UNIPOM- UN India-PakistanObservationMission,September1965to March1966on the India-Pakistan
border
UNGOMAP- UN Good OfficesMissionin Afghanistanand Pakistan,May 1988to March1990
UNIIMOG- UN Iran-IraqMilitaryObserverGroup,August 1988to date
UNAVEM- UN AngolaVerificationMission,January1989to date
ONUCA - UN ObserverGroupin CentralAmerica,December1989to date in CostaRica, El Salvador,
Guatemala,Honduras,and Nicaragua
Peace-keepingForces
UNEF I - UN EmergencyForce, November1956to June 1967in Suez Canalareato Sinaipeninsulaand Gaza
ONUC - UN Operationsin the Congo, July 1960to June 1964in Congo/Zaire
UNSF- UN SecurityForcein WestNew Guinea(West Irian),October1962to April 1963
UNFICYP- UN Peace-keepingForcein Cyprus,March1964to date
UNEF II - SecondUN EmergencyForce, October1973to July 1979in SuezCanalareaand Sinaipeninsula
UNDOF- UN DisengagementObserverForce, June 1974to date in SyrianGolanHeights
UNIFIL- UN InterimForcein Lebanon,March1978to date in SouthernLebanon
UNTAG - UN TransitionAssistanceGroupin Namibia,April 1989to March1990in Namibiaand Angola
Source:United Nations(1990, pp. 419-449).
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Country
Canada
Sweden
Ireland
Finland
Norway
Denmark
India
Italy
Australia
USA
Austria
Ghana
Brazil
Netherlands
New Zealand
Argentina
Indonesia
Nigeria
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Japan
Nepal
Peru
Poland
UK
USSR
Belgium
Burma
Chile
Ecuador
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
West Germany
Total
Operations
Observer
Missions
Peacekeeping
Forces
17
15
13
12
12
11
11
11
9
9
8
8
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
9
7
7
6
7
7
7
6
5
2
3
4
4
4
5
5
2
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
0
2
3
3
4
4
1
2
1
8
8
6
6
5
4
4
5
4
7
5
4
3
3
2
1
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
5
3
1
1
0
0
3
2
3
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CMD
MIL
Observer Missions
Canada
Denmark
Ireland
Norway
Sweden
India
Finland
Italy
Argentina
Australia
New Zealand
Brazil
Chile
Ecuador
Netherlands
Ghana
9
7
7
7
7
7
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
1
2
3
3
4
2
1
8
7
5
7
6
6
6
6
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
Peace-keeping Forces
Canada
Sweden
USA
Finland
Ireland
Austria
Italy
Norway
UK
Denmark
Switzerland
India
Indonesia
Australia
Ghana
Nigeria
8
8
7
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
1
3
3
3
2
6
1
1
3
I
2
4
1
3
4
1
4
4
Country
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
6
6
4
MED
LOG
SPL
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
I
1
8
4
7
1
2
1
5
4
5
2
3
2
2
3
2
1
2
1
1
CMD = command personnel; MIL = non-command military personnel used as police, observers, peace-keeping
troops; MED = medical personnel and supplies; LOG = logistical support, such as transportation vehicles and
crews, communications facilities and personnel; SPL = non-medical, non-logistical supplies.
Includes only those countries participating in more than three operations out of a total of 18. Countries sometimes
make more than one type of contribution to a single peace-keeping operation.
Source: United Nations (1990, pp. 419-449).
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Region
NorthAmerica
CentralAmericaandCaribbean
SouthAmerica
Europe
MiddleEast
SouthAsia
Asia
Oceania
Africa
Peace-keepingForces
DOMREP,ONUCA
UNTSO, UNOGIL, UNYOM,
UNIIMOG
UNMOGIP,UNIPOM,UNGOMAP
USNF
UNAVEM
ONUC, UNTAG
states that dominate peace-keeping operations also have a firmhand in the decision
to field peace-keepers. These states use
their control over the UN to keep it out of
regions consideredto be their own spheres
of influenceand thus controllable.Thus, the
USA would discourage UN interest in
establishingpeace-keepingoperationsin the
Caribbeanand CentralAmericaas well as in
East and Southeast Asia (after the departure of the West Europeanpowers) up until
the late 1980s,and Europeanpeace-keepers
would discourage UN activities in Africa.
So, until 1989 when ONUCA was begun,
there had only been one UN peace-keeping
operation (an observer mission) in the
Western Hemisphere- DOMREP, started
in 1966. Similarly, until early 1989 when
UNAVEM and UNTAG were begun, there
had only been one UN peace-keepingoperation in Africa - ONUC, started in 1960.
Furthermore,despite the considerable international and civil warfare in Southeast
Asia (an area that has gone from the European to the US sphereof influence)over the
past fourdecades, no UN peace-keepingoperation was fielded there until 1992 with
UNTAC in Cambodia. All of these newer
peace-keeping operations, it should be
noted, occur at or after the end of the Cold
War.
On the other hand, the Middle East has
not been easily controlledby anyone in the
post-WorldWar II period. The USA and
the USSR competed for allies in the area
and the growingawarenessof the power of
cartelizedoil and growingglobal oil depen-
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Table V. Comparing Most Frequent Peace-keepers with Largest Major Weapons Exporters
Total Major Weapons Exports in USD mill.
and Rank among all Exporters
Country
Canada
Sweden
Italy
USA
Brazil
Netherlands
UK
Total Participation
PFo
PKO
ObM
17
15
11
9
7
7
5
9
7
6
2
4
4
-
8
8
5
7
3
3
5
To All States
To Developing States
To Industrialized States
NA
1524 11
1878 8
59957 2
1629 10
1758 9
9097 4
NA
758 13
1390 9
23618 2
1622 7
1412 8
7599 5
38710
766 7
448 8
36339 1
NA
345 14
1498 6
UN peace-keeping operations from 1948 to 1990. Source: United Nations (1990, pp. 419-449).
Total arms exports for the years 1987-91. Only data for the top fifteen exporters to each category provided.
Source: SIPRI (1992, p. 272, Table 8.1).
PKO = all peace-keeping operations; ObM = observer missions; PFo = peace-keeping forces.
This was particularly the case for UNIIMOG (Iran-Iraq) in which there were thirteen European peace-keeper countries, plus
Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Similarly, in UNTAG (Namibia) the European
countries accounted for twenty-two out of
fifty-one states, and Western interests were
represented further by the USA, Canada,
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Participants
NAm
CAm
SAm
Eur
MEa
SAs
Observer Missions
UNTSO
UNMOGIP
UNOGIL
UNYOM
DOMREP
UNIPOM
UNGOMAP
21
16
20
11
4
19
11
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
12
7
7
6
8
6
2
3
4
2
3
-
UNIIMOG
32
13
UNAVEM
ONUCA
10
11
4
4
Peace-keeping Forces
UNEFI
ONUC
12
36
2
2
2
2
7
11
10
12
20
7
19
51
2
2
2
1
5
1
1
2
7
10
4
9
22
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
3
1
6
2
3
3
9
PKO
UNSF
UNFICYP
UNEF II
UNDOF
UNIFIL
UNTAG
1
2
2
1
-
Asi
Oce
1
4
2
1
2
1
3
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
Afr*
1
1
2
1
6
2
* NAm
- North America (excl. Mexico), n = 2; CAm = Central America and the Caribbean (inc. Mexico), n =
13; SAm = South America, n = 10; Eur - Europe, n = 29; MEa = Middle East, n = 16; SAs = South Asia
(Indian subcontinent), n = 6; Asi = Asia, n = 16; Oce = Oceania, n = 4; Afr Africa, n = 45.
Source: United Nations (1990, pp. 419-449).
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Italy is no occasional peace-keeper; between 1945 and 1990, Italy was the seventh
most frequent participant. Despite this
strong record, the Italians apparentlydid
not considernegotiatingtheir own arrangement to protect Italian troops exclusivelya
violationof the principleof actingon behalf
of the community.Indeed, if peace-keeping
is reallysupposedto be neutral,it is difficult
to imagine why Italy, the former colonial
master,would be includedin UNOSOM II.
When peace-keepers check with their
governments before carrying out their
dutiesor cut separatedeals in the field, they
are not acting on behalf of the community.
Indeed, membersof the unifiedforces have
sufferedand died because states are retaining the right to judge what is best for their
own troops within a given peace-keeping
operation. Higgins (1993, p. 471) cites this
as one of the most fundamentalflawsin the
way that countrieshave interpretedthe UN
Charter and their obligations to the UN
communityas enumeratedin the Charter.
Another recent example of a casualtyof
national self-interest is the UN operation
in the Western Sahara (MINURSO).
MINURSO, accordingto Durch (1993, p.
169), has yet to be fully operationalfor two
reasons: first, neither party to the conflict
(Morocco and POLISARIO) has given up
the idea of winning; and, second, most of
the Security Council Big Five have been
indifferentto the situation in the Western
Sahara.The only permanentmemberswho
have shown any interest in the Western
Sahara are France and the USA, both of
whom have been and continue to be proMoroccan.The Secretary-Generalwas able
to get the Security Council to agree to
MINURSO by capitalizingupon the warm
glow of unity that characterizedthe preparationsfor and execution of the Gulf War
of 1991;but otherwisethere has been little,
if any, sustained interest in it. Reviewing
MINURSO and the typical pattern of
UN peace-keeping, Durch (1993, p. 170)
concludes: 'Peacekeepers are confidencebuilders,verifiers,and, if necessary,whistleblowers, but their heaviest guns are in the
presidential suites of the great powers.
Withsome of the greatpowersdisinterested
and others only slightly interested and
biased, MINURSO will never keep the
peace in the WesternSahara.
The views of Canadians about peacekeeping may be the most telling, given
Canada's place in the creation of peacekeeping and its role as peace-keeper
extraordinaire.Granatstein(1992) reviewed
Canadianinvolvementin UN peace-keeping
and concludedthat fromthe startCanadians
were reluctantsupporters.Lester Pearson's
initialsuggestionthat the Britishand French
would act as peace-keepers in the Suez
Crisis followed an earlier Canadianreluctance to participate in the UN observer
mission on the Indian-Pakistani border
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lay.'
Finally, we might expect to see a real
opening of UN peace-keeping to include
more of the world's states in the decisionmaking process and execution of peacekeeping operations. Indeed, if this is an era
in which the claimed internationalist imperative of peace-keepers can finally guide the
international community free of Cold War
politicization and stalemate, we might
expect to see states pressing for full enactment of the UN Charter that would make
peace-keeping the responsibility of all
states. But such an aperture would not be in
the interests of the dominant and aspiring
powers. Again, Higgins (1993, pp. 471-472)
has spoken of this: 'At the moment we have
the phenomenon of the key Security
Council powers insisting on the one hand
that they alone cannot do everything, and
on the other hand refusing to proceed to
those intended Charter provisions that
would ensure that others too have a role to
play in collective security under Chapter
VII.'
There is something compelling and hopeful in the idea that there could be states
whose idealist commitment to the international community causes them to act as
good international citizens. A handful of
such states might be able to convince others
in the community to act cooperatively to
resolve the many problems confronting the
globe. So, the idea of the idealist middle
power, or idealist peace-keeper, is one that
inspires hope and calm in the face of international uncertainty. Nonetheless, the idea,
at least regarding UN peace-keeping, may
be only an illusion or an ideal that cannot
withstand the evidence that leads us to a
more pessimistic conclusion regarding
peace-keeping.
At the risk of sounding alarmist, there is a
dangerous implication that UN peace-keeping may be undergoing some evolution to
include 'peace-making' and 'peace enforcement' activities, as well as to include preventive conflict-avoidance activities (Goulding,
1993; Higgins, 1993). These latter have been
called
(ominously
enough)
'military
humanitarianism' and 'aggressive multilateralism'. Given Western domination of UN
peace-keeping and the absence of the restraining politics of the Cold War, what
guarantees are there that the West will not
redesign UN peace-keeping to better fit its
world management needs?
When the USA and its Western allies
used the UN during the Cold War, it was to
protect the world from the communists or
the empire-seeking intentions of the
Soviets. Now the West can claim to be
speaking from the moral authority of having
'won' the Cold War and can assert that the
world's peoples have spoken on their desire
for Western-style political and economic
systems. Moreover, given the re-emergence
of the 'pacific democracies' fad among
Western scholars, it is suggested that the
world would be better if the Western
democracies enlarge the number of (Western-style) democracies in the world. As Gleditsch (1992) has warned, this could amount
to Western interventionist foreign policy behavior bordering on imperialism. The recent
expansion of UN peace-keeping activities
may indeed signal an era in which sovereignty is eroded, but only for non-Western
states.
NOTES
1. We need only to think about the increasing difficulties in sustaining the EU in the face of nationalist
resistance to it during what was supposed to be its
decade of maturity.
2. The word 'became' is emphasized here because the
Canadian notion of middle powers mediating conflicts between the great powers was not what guided
Lester Pearson's initial suggestions on how to
resolve the Suez Crisis. This is discussed in detail
later in this article and in Granatstein (1992).
3. For a discussion of what a 'middle power' is said to
be, see Cooper et al. (1993), Neack (1993), and
Wood (1988).
4. A representative sample includes Durch (1993),
Granatstein (1968), Kearsley (1993), Pelcovits
(1984), Rikhye (1984), and Thakur (1984).
5. Peace-keeping forces theoretically comprise troops
who are lightly armed, while observer missions comprise unarmed officers. In practice, there is little
difference between these two types of peace-keeping operations (United Nations, 1990, p. 8).
6. Granatstein (1992, p. 230) also concludes that
Canadians began to view peace-keeping as a good
way to test troop readiness in the absence of any real
military threat to Canada.
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LAURA NEACK, b. 1960, PhD in Political Science (University of Kentucky, 1991); Assistant
Professor, Department of Political Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH. Current interests: the
study of linkages between state type and foreign policy behavior, comparative security issues.