Pub Date : 2023-11-06DOI: 10.1080/13533312.2023.2278603
Herman T. Salton
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Pub Date : 2023-10-20DOI: 10.1080/13533312.2023.2290908
Irene Costantini, Dylan O’Driscoll
ABSTRACT 2023 marks the twenty-year anniversary of the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq. This Special Issue collects contributions that reflect on the one hand, upon changing assumptions, worldviews, and the policy paradigms informing the international intervention in Iraq; and, on the other hand, on its direct and indirect effects on the political, economic, and social developments in the country. Focusing on different themes, actors, and geographical locations, the articles collectively reaffirm the centrality of the 2003 intervention logic, which 20 years after, still haunts Iraq and whose legacy still proves prolific and conducive to understanding, interpreting, and explaining the reality on the ground as well as the evolution of international interventionism.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-20DOI: 10.1080/13533312.2023.2270897
Bruno Charbonneau
Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes1 See Charbonneau, “The Imperial Legacy of International Peacebuilding,” 607–630; Charbonneau and Chafer, “Peace Operations and Francophone Spaces,” 274–286.2 Reno, Warfare in Independent Africa.3 See Karbo, “Conclusion,” 455–465; Tieku, “The African Union: Successes and Failures”.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-20DOI: 10.1080/13533312.2023.2269834
Herman T. Salton
ABSTRACTThis article reviews the creative ways in which the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, used the UN Secretariat to achieve his goals, as well as the obstacles he faced in doing so. Using new sources – including confidential UN memos, elite interviews, and private archives – the paper suggests that, in the context of peacekeeping, the former Secretary-General engaged in parallel processes of ‘politicization’ and ‘depoliticization’: on the one hand he minimised, avoided and concealed the substantive dimensions of certain decisions, units and issues with the aim of marginalising those departments and officials that he saw as too close to the United States, while on the other he empowered those bureaucratic units which he felt he could more easily control. Specifically, by bestowing upon the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) a sweeping mandate while painting the role of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) as merely ‘operational’, Boutros-Ghali used ‘technicization’ as a means to strengthen the Secretary-General's office.KEYWORDS: Boutros Boutros-Ghali; peacekeepingpeacebuildingUnited Nations SecretariatSecretary-Generalbureaucracypoliticisation and depoliticisationtechnicisation Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 Albrow, Bureaucracy, 57.2 Ibid.3 Myint-U and Scott, The UN Secretariat, 84.4 Hill, The Papers of United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 2 (emphasis added).5 Kille, From Manager to Visionary.6 Hill, The Papers of United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 3 (emphasis added).7 Boutros-Ghali, Mes Années à la Maison de Verre.8 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, “Review of the Efficiency of the Administrative and Financial Functions of the United Nations and Restructuring of the Secretariat.”9 Boutros-Ghali, En Attendant la Prochaine Lune.10 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, “Restructuring of the Secretariat”, in Hill, vol. 1, 30–33.11 Ibid., 31.12 Ameri, Politics of Staffing the United Nations Secretariat, 50.13 Chesterman, Secretary or General?.14 Boutros-Ghali, Mes Années à la Maison de Verre, 18.15 Boutros-Ghali, An Agenda for Peace.16 Louis and Maertens, Why International Organizations Hate Politics, 5; Barnett and Finnemore, Rules for the World, 21.17 Guterres, A New Agenda for Peace, also available at https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/our-common-agenda-policy-brief-new-agenda-for-peace-en.pdf (accessed August 18, 2023).18 Levi, “On Microhistory.”19 Boutros-Ghali, Mes Années à la Maison de Verre, chap. 1.20 Boutros-Ghali, “Memorandum,” 1 (MIG-PA).21 Albrow, Bureaucracy, chap. 1.22 Burgess, The United Nations Under Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1992–1997.23 Boutros-Ghali, “Memorandum,” 2.24 Ibid. (emphasis added).25 Steffek, International Organization as Technocratic Utopia.26 Nicholas, The United Nations as a Political Institution, 169.27 Luard, The United Nations, 95.28 Miller, “What Does ‘Political’ Mean?,” 64.29 Loui
摘要本文回顾了联合国第六任秘书长布特罗斯·布特罗斯-加利利用联合国秘书处实现其目标的创造性方式,以及他在此过程中面临的障碍。利用新的资料来源——包括联合国的机密备忘录、精英访谈和私人档案——本文认为,在维持和平的背景下,前秘书长参与了“政治化”和“非政治化”的并行进程:一方面,他尽量减少、避免和隐瞒某些决定、单位和问题的实质性方面,目的是边缘化那些他认为与美国关系过于密切的部门和官员,而另一方面,他又赋予那些他认为更容易控制的官僚单位权力。具体而言,布特罗斯-加利将“技术化”作为加强秘书长办公室的一种手段,赋予政治事务部(政治部)广泛的任务授权,同时将维持和平行动部(维和部)的作用仅仅描述为“业务”。关键词:布特罗斯·布特罗斯-加利;联合国秘书长政治化与非政治化披露声明作者未报告存在潜在的利益冲突。注1 Albrow,官僚主义,57.2同上。3 Myint-U和Scott,联合国秘书处,84.4 Hill,联合国秘书长布特罗斯·布特罗斯-加利的文件,2(强调加)6 .希尔,《联合国秘书长布特罗斯·布特罗斯-加利的文件》,3(重点加)布特罗斯·布特罗斯-加利,“审查联合国行政和财政职能的效率和秘书处的改组”。“9布特罗斯-加利,联合国秘书长。10布特罗斯-加利,“秘书处的改组”,希尔,第1卷,第30-33.11页,同上,第31.12页,美洲,联合国秘书处人员配置的政治问题,第50.13页,秘书长切斯特曼。布特罗斯-加利,《Mes annesmes la Maison de Verre》,18.15布特罗斯-加利,《和平纲领》,16路易斯和马滕斯,《为什么国际组织憎恨政治》,5;17 .古特雷斯:《和平新议程》,也可在https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/our-common-agenda-policy-brief-new-agenda-for-peace-en.pdf上查阅(2023年8月18日访问)李维,《论微观历史》19布特罗斯-加利,Mes annesides la Maison de Verre,第1.20章布特罗斯-加利,“备忘录”1(米格- pa)25 .阿尔布罗,《官僚主义》,第1.22章。伯吉斯:《布特罗斯·布特罗斯-加利领导下的联合国,1992 - 1997》。23 .布特罗斯-加利:《备忘录》,第2.24章,同上26尼古拉斯:《联合国作为一个政治机构》,169.27卢亚德:《联合国》,95.28米勒:《政治的含义是什么?》64.29 Louis和Maertens,为什么国际组织憎恨政治,导言和第1.30章,Boutros-Ghali,“备忘录”2(强调加).31杜富内,“政治的自由”,43.32弗林德斯和伍德,“去政治化、治理与国家”,143.33切斯特曼,秘书长?,第1.34章,布特罗斯-加利,“备忘录”,第2-3.35章,我对詹姆斯·乔纳的采访,引文,2011年7月20日,纽约,美国。《图书提案》,7.38同上,39同上,40克劳德,193.41阿伦特,《人类状况》,26.42古德里奇,《秘书长的政治作用》,720-735.43布特罗斯-加利,《联合国秘书长》,191.44我对明石康的采访,引文,2022年2月18日,日本东京。45米格- pd - b, 1993年1月10日(重点补充)古尔丁,“个人:给艾姆萨尔先生的说明”,1993年7月19日(米格- pa), 1.47同上。48古尔丁,“联合国外地行动的设立和开展”,1993年7月17日,2(米格- pa)(强调加)同上,1.50同上,2(重点加).51同上(强调加)同上,2.54同上,3(重点加).55例如,见“和平行动的政治方面”(1);“DPA定义的政治目的,”2;“政治上可行”,3分;4.56见Louis and Maertens, Why International Organizations Hate Politics,第1.57同上,2.58同上,114.59古尔丁,“Personal: Note to Mr. aimaire”,1.60 Boutros-Ghali, Memorandum, 1993年10月2日,第5段(MIG-PA).6162 .同上,第5节(重点加了)63 Allison and Halperin,“官僚政治”,40-79.64 Hannay,“新世界秩序”,65 Barkin,“国际组织”,66 Salton,“危险外交”,67参见https://dppa.un.org/en/what-we-do(访问日期:2021年11月7日)马格瑞格·伯恩斯,《领导力》,69英国人,官僚主义与创新,11.70《我对詹姆斯·乔纳的访谈》,《引文》,2011年7月20日,纽约,美国,71同上。 72 Louis和Maertens,《为什么国际组织憎恨政治》,5.73 Barnett和Finnemore,《世界规则》,37.74对联合国官员的采访,纽约联合国总部,2011.7月14日。75 Foot等人,《美国霸权与国际组织》。76同样意义上看,Meron, 91.77科菲·安南,PBS前线采访,2004年2月17日。78 MIG-TD-X, 1994年9月26日。第1.81章,Gharekhan, 34.82 v<s:1>,“Les États-Unis,”139-151.83 Meisler, Kofi Annan, 63.84 Boutros-Ghali, PBS前线采访,2004年1月21日。马蹄形桌子:联合国安理会内部视角。新德里:皮尔森·朗曼出版社,2006. 86约拿,詹姆斯。联合国的生存代价是什么?《一位资深国际公务员回忆录》。Ibadan: Evans Brothers, 2006.87 Albrow, Bureaucracy, 57.88 Meisler, Kofi Annan, 65.89我对James Jonah的采访,引文,2011年7月20日,美国纽约。1990米格- td - xii,1995年6月13日。1991年2月17日,公共广播服务,前线采访。参见米格- pd - b, 1993年10月12日。例如,参见Mason,“为维和部工作人员举办的联索行动经验教训研讨会”;建设和平支助办事处,“从索马里战略评估中吸取的教训”;联合国,“关于从联合国索马里行动(联索行动)吸取的教训的综合报告”。94索尔顿,《危险外交》,44,89.95米格- td - ix, 1994年2月12日。同上。另见迈斯勒,科菲·安南,65.97米格- td - x, 1994年7月24日,华盛顿邮报,“与美国发生冲突的联合国秘书长布特罗斯·布特罗斯-加利去世。”"德索托99号"机密:任务结束报告。100米格- td - x, 1993.7月31日,101同上。102米格- pd - b, 1993.103同上。104古尔丁,“和平使者:图书提案”,4.105卡瓦尔坎特,联合国建设和平,106库斯特曼等人,《建设和平的安魂曲》,107路易斯和梅尔滕斯:《为什么国际组织憎恨政治》,第1.108章。64.109 Barnett和Fin
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Pub Date : 2023-10-18DOI: 10.1080/13533312.2023.2270411
Özgenur Aktan
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Pub Date : 2023-10-11DOI: 10.1080/13533312.2023.2265293
Jacqueline Parry, Birte Vogel
Localization has emerged as a dominant reform paradigm guiding humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding efforts on a global scale. It signals a commitment to shift power to local actors by recognizing, valuing, and strengthening their role in humanitarian or peacebuilding interventions. Despite this commitment, a noticeable reorientation of power to local actors has not occurred. This article contributes to the critical scholarship on localization by analysing 22 United Nations reports to examine their understanding of local actors and their envisaged contributions to missions in Iraq since 2003. The study engages with the UN's perspectives on localization across its key mission areas: development, stabilization, and humanitarianism. The findings show a lack of consistency in the Unites Nations’ perception of local actors and their contributions, with different sub-sectors presenting disparate views. The reports predominantly emphasize the instrumental use of local actors to achieve pre-defined mission objectives. Consequently, this article shows that the case of Iraq exposes a disconnect between the progressive and normative scholarly framing of localization as a political project aimed at restructuring power dynamics, and its on-ground implementation, which often simplifies localization as mere involvement of local actors.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-11DOI: 10.1080/13533312.2023.2263178
Allard Duursma, Corinne Bara, Nina Wilén, Sara Hellmüller, John Karlsrud, Kseniya Oksamytna, Janek Bruker, Susanna Campbell, Salvator Cusimano, Marco Donati, Han Dorussen, Dirk Druet, Valentin Geier, Marine Epiney, Valentin Geier, Linnéa Gelot, Dennis Gyllensporre, Annick Hiensch, Lisa Hultman, Charles T. Hunt, Rajkumar Cheney Krishnan, Patryk I. Labuda, Sascha Langenbach, Annika Hilding Norberg, Alexandra Novosseloff, Daniel Oriesek, Emily Paddon Rhoads, Francesco Re, Jenna Russo, Melanie Sauter, Hannah Smidt, Ueli Staeger, Andreas Wenger
This year marks the 75th anniversary of what the UN itself understands to be its first peacekeeping operation. It is therefore an appropriate time to reflect on the track record of UN peacekeeping in its efforts to try to maintain and realize peace and security. Moreover, this milestone invites us to ponder what lies ahead in the realm of peacekeeping. For this reason, this forum article brings together both academics and UN officials to assess the achievements and challenges of UN peacekeeping over the past 75 years. Through a dialogue among peacekeeping scholars and practitioners, we hope to identify current trends and developments in UN peacekeeping, as well as explore priorities for the future to improve the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations in terms of achieving their mandate objectives, such as maintaining peace, protecting civilians, promoting human rights, and facilitating reconciliation. This forum article is structured into six thematic sections, each shedding light on various aspects of UN peacekeeping: (1) foundational principles of UN peacekeeping - namely, consent, impartiality, and the (non-)use of force; (2) protection of civilians; (3) the primacy of politics; (4) early warning; (5) cooperation with regional organizations; and (6) the changing geopolitical landscape in which UN peacekeeping operates.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-29DOI: 10.1080/13533312.2023.2262375
Jens Herpolsheimer
Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes1 E.g. Aris et al., Inter-Organisational Relations in International Security; Biermann, and Koops, The Palgrave Handbook.2 Although probably common among similar studies, the operationalization of these concepts appears rather crude. For example, successful ‘violence abatement’ refers to the reduction in the number of civil casualties, and ‘conflict settlement’ is considered successful as soon as a peace agreement has been signed, regardless if it is subsequently observed or not.Additional informationFundingDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (266371360 – SFB 1199).
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