Muscular Peacekeeping: Americas Policy in Evolving United Nations MilitaryOperations

摘要

The end of the Cold War has removed deadlock within the United Nations (U.N.)Security Council increasing the number and scope of peacekeeping mandates. Historically organized to diplomatically resolve conflicts, the U.N. is ill equipped to plan, execute, and support these more prevalent 'muscular peacekeeping' missions which require the threat or use of greater military force. While the United States (U.S.) has supported these 'assertive multilateral' peacekeeping mandates in the Security Council, U.S. policy for mission approval and troop participation has not been officially stated. Drafting of the long awaited Presidential Decision Directive 13 (PDD 13) provides an insight into how Administration, Congress, and military concerns must be balanced when framing policy which might place U.S. service personnel at risk. Muscular peacekeeping, United nations, Peacekeeping, PDD 13.