Peacekeeping

Bosnia: Shame on Us All

Rebecca Tinsley | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Hakija Turaljic, Ethnic Cleansing, Serbia, Darfur, Slobodan Milosevic, Jacques Poos, European Union, Holocaust, Radovan Karadzic, Serb Elections, Yugoslavia, Sarajevo, Barack Obama, War Crimes, Bosnia, Belgrade, Douglas Hurd, Armenia, Biljana Plavsic, Dayton Peace Accord, Genocide, Russia, Sudan, Peacekeeping, Republika Srpska, Rwanda, Denazification, World News
Rebecca Tinsley

On the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Bosnian war we should feel anger and shame because 'the international order' is still ignoring those warning signs when they occur. We should also acknowledge the human consequences of the West's failure in Bosnia.

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What Voters Want: A Strong US-UN Relationship

Peter Yeo | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Politics, Global Health, World Health Organization, Un Peacekeepers, United Nations, Poll, Peacekeeping, Child Marriage, Women's Rights, Women's Health, World News
Peter Yeo

When 83 percent of polled Republicans, Democrats and Independents are together on an issue, it stands out as more than simply a consensus -- it's a mandate. That's how many voters want the U.S. to maintain an active role in the U.N.

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Has Foreign Aid Hurt Haiti: An Interview with Mario Joseph

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, Haiti Cholera Outbreak, Bill Clinton, Usaid, Foreign Aid, Haiti Relief, Haiti Rape, Haiti Cholera, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Mario Joseph, United States, US Foreign Policy, Obama Foreign Policy, Humanitarian Aid, Foreign Policy, Ngo, Un Peacekeepers, Port-Au-Prince, Peacekeeping, Haiti Aid, UN Peacekeeping-Haiti, Black Voices News
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi

Mario Joseph is Haiti's most influential and respected human rights attorney. Since 1996, he has led the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) in Port-au-Prince, which uses prominent human rights cases and a victim-centered approach in the interest of the poor majority.

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The U.N.'s Return on Syria

Jeffrey Laurenti | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Syria, United Nations General Assembly, Saudi Arabia, United Nations, Russia, Arab League, Iran, UN Security Council, Peacekeeping, World News
Jeffrey Laurenti

The aggressiveness with which the Arab states along the Persian Gulf are pressing for the ouster of Bashar al-Assad from Damascus is really aimed at crippling his Iranian ally.

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Western Amnesia Encourages Atrocity in Sudan

Sarah Kenyon Lischer | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Humanitarian Aid, Sudan, Peacekeeping, Civil War, Human Rights, Africa, United Nations, South Sudan, World News
Sarah Kenyon Lischer

If we cannot promise 'never again' to all the world's victims of atrocity, ethnic cleansing, and genocide, we can at least remember Sudan. Continued amnesia will surely bring delusion and disaster.

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Syria: Burning Down the House

Don Kraus | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Arab League, Responsibility to Protect, Peacekeeping, Middle East, Syria, United Nations, Syria Al Assad, Syria Violence, World News
Don Kraus

In the end, there must be a nonviolent means for Syrians to determine how they want to be governed. At this point, a robust referee role provided by their neighbors seems the best bet to achieve this

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The Abandoned Class

Robert Koehler | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Violence, Public Interest, Peacekeeping, Poverty, Common Good, Gangs, Enlightened Self-Interest, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News
Robert Koehler

Will Occupy Wall Street hold together long enough to cut to the deep chase?

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Peace Day Is for Wusses (Satire)

Colleen Turner | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: International Peace Day, War, Peacekeeping, Satire, Education, Conflict Resolution, Religious Hypocrisy, Peace, World News
Colleen Turner

Since my church makes no mention about, much less celebrates International Peace Day, it tells me that peace day must be for wusses.

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War Is Over If We Want It?

Colleen Turner | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Peace, Iraq, Afghanistan, United Nations, Peacekeeping, Peace Day, Joshua S. Goldstein, International Peace Day, Healthy Living Spirit, World News
Colleen Turner

How is the end of war possible? Dr. Joshua Goldstein's research demonstrates that the common thinking that wars are increasing and becoming more brutal is a myth. Even with attacks in Afghanistan, the Yemen uprising, and Libyan rebels fighting under NATO airstrikes.

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Hollywood, Sex Trafficking and the United Nations

Kelly Moore | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Bosnia, Un Peacekeepers, Bosnian War, United Nations, Rachel Weisz, Peacekeeping, Peace, Foreign Policy, World News
Kelly Moore

UN personnel must be held accountable for violations of the law and administrative cover-ups of misdeeds. It should not take a Hollywood film to shame the UN Secretariat and member states into remedying this disgraceful situation.

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Ros-Lehtinen Hijacks Pro-Israel Support for Extreme Anti-UN Bill

Don Kraus | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Israel, Peacekeeping, UN Reform & Revitalization, UN Funding, Human Rights Council, United Nations, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, World News
Don Kraus

Funding for the United Nations should not be cut based on the actions of some of its members. It's like blaming Madison Square Garden for the New York Knicks losing a game.

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HuffPost Review: The Whistleblower

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Movie Reviews, David Strathairn, Marshall Fine, Bosnia, Blackwater, Halliburton, United Nations, Rachel Weisz, Peacekeeping, The Whistleblower Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, The Whistleblower, Vanessa Redgrave, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Based on a true story, The Whistleblower is dark, grim and harrowing. It tells the tale of Kathy Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz), a Nebraska cop looking to make some big dough so she can afford to follow her children.

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The Compassion Deficit

Robert Walker | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Abortion, Foreign Aid, Family Planning, Venezuela, Gag Rule, Climate Change, Famine, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Peacekeeping, Haiti, State Department, Politics News
Robert Walker

What's most disturbing is that it's evident many members simply don't care about the world's poor. They believe that they were sent to Washington to save taxpayer dollars no matter what the cost in terms of lives saved or hardships avoided.

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Time to Lift Ban on Conflict Resolution Programs, Humanitarian Aid Operating in Hot Spots

Kay Guinane | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Ngos, Counterterrorism, Conflict Resolution, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Intervention, Tamil Tigers, Darfur, Kurdistan Workers Party, Peacekeeping, Daniel Benjamin, Secretary of State Clinton, Politics News
Kay Guinane

Like Batman's enemy Two-Face, the United States government has two sides when it comes to national security and the work of charities and other nonprofit groups.

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Next Steps to Protect

Don Kraus | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Libya, Elections, Obama, Peacekeeping, NY Times, Humanitarian, United Nations, Respon, World News
Don Kraus

Once democratic elections are held in Libya, the nation can finally move forward and look to a future where leaders are accountable to the people.

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Time for a UN With a Protection Force in Libya

Don Kraus | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Libya, Peacekeeping, Libya No Fly Zone, Muammar Gaddafi, Nato, United Nations, World News
Don Kraus

There seems to be a general consensus that while the "no fly zone" will not stop the conflict in Libya, it is a necessary evil. Gaddafi has gone too far.

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Ooh, Aah: PMC Feeling Good

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sex Trafficking, Private Military Contractor, Bosnia, Peacekeeping, Accountability, Dyncorp, Business News
David Isenberg

Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now I feel good, I knew that I would, now So good, so good, I got you - I Feel Good, James Brown Mov...

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Let's Call It PMCkeeping

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peacekeeping, Private-Military-Security-Contractors, Humanitarian Intervention, Business News
David Isenberg

Perhaps we should start calling it PMCkeeping. By that I mean letting the private sector become involved in peace operations in a more direct way than...

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Mission Creep in the Congo

Peter Swarbrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo War, Congo Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Congo Violence, Peacekeepers, Peacekeeping, Soussan, Swarbrick, United Nations, Monuc, Un, Paul Kagame, World News
Peter Swarbrick

Peacekeepers in the Congo may be doing more harm than good unless their mission is adapted to the realities on the ground.

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The Lesson of Iraq

Don Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, International Law, Peacekeeping, Iraq, Barack Obama, United Nations, President Obama, World News
Don Kraus

If we learned anything in Iraq, it's that our nation is most successful when we work in close cooperation with other nations as opposed to going at it alone.

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Navigating the maze to peace

Nicholas van Praag | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, Security, Mdgs, Conflict, Peacekeeping, Catch 22, Peace, World Bank, g20, General Assembly, Development, Un, wdr2011, Labyrinth, World News
Nicholas van Praag

This guest post was written by World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President Justin Yifu Lin and originally appeared on the World Development R...

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UN Peacekeeping System Still A Work In Progress

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Un, United Nations, Peacekeeping, United Nations Peacekeeping Force, Un Peacekeepers, Lakhdar Brahimi, Rwanda, Srebrenica, World News

UNITED NATIONS — Ten years ago, veteran diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi oversaw a landmark report chronicling the U.N. peacekeeping's failures to preve...

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UN Peacekeeping: 'Blue Helmets' Wear New Hats as Challenges Grow

Kiyotaka Akasaka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Nations, Peacekeeping, Un Peacekeepers, Peace, Haiti, Ban Ki-Moon, Drc, Palestine, George Clooney, Secretary-General, Democratic Republic of the Congo, International Day, Security Council, Blue Helmets, Un, World News
Kiyotaka Akasaka

When an author I met today during an overseas visit gave me a copy of his recently published book, he said writing it was very special since it recoun...

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The Counterinsurgency Debate: A Tale of Two Countries

Colin Thomas-Jensen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War Crimes, Human Rights, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eastern Congo, Afghanistan, Genocide, United Nations, Africa, Peacekeeping, Congo, Counterinsurgency, World News
Colin Thomas-Jensen

The sad truth is that a much-needed debate over what an effective counterinsurgency strategy would look like in eastern Congo -- similar to what is going on regarding Afghanistan -- is virtually non-existent.

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Defense Budget '09: Still Fighting the Soviets, or Preventing Genocide?

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Left, US Military, Department of Defense, National Security, Somali Pirates, Genocide, Progressives, Mumbai, Obama National Security, Defense Spending, Peacekeeping, Cold War, Pentagon, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Obama Defense Spending, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

We have to do something about our current situation. We're spending more and more on defense and purchasing less and less security for it.

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