Tipping the scales: short-term interventions and counterinsurgency. Issue 4 (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cline, Lawrence E.
• Is Part Of: Defense and security analysis. Volume 32:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 293
• Page End: 311
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: Sierra Leone -- Côte d'Ivoire -- peacekeeping -- Barras -- Licorne -- military intervention; Military art and science -- Periodicals; Armed Forces -- Periodicals; Military policy -- Periodicals; National security -- Periodicals; World politics -- Periodicals; 355
• DOI: 10.1080/14751798.2016.1233694
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1475-1798

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Particularly in African operations, United Nations (UN) peacekeeping forces have faced significant problems in restoring stability. In at least a few situations, unilateral national military interventions have been launched in the same countries. In the cases of Sierra Leone and Côte d'Ivoire, the British and French interventions respectively played a significant role in re-establishing stability. Lessons from these operations suggest that if effective coordination and liaison channels are established, such hybrid unilateral-UN missions can in fact be more successful than "pure" peace operations.