Western Soldiers and the Protection of Local Civilians in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Is a Nationalist Orientation in the Armed Forces Hindering Our Preparedness to Fight?

Blocq, Daniel

doi:10.1177/0095327x08330816

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“…Following this report, soldiers have been given explicit authority to use force to protect civilians in peace support operations in Africa. The provisional guidelines with respect to rules of engagement in operations likewise demonstrate a quest for more forceful action to protect local civilians if the need arises [6]. Blocq but the question may be raised whether the regulation can and will be executed.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Contact Dilemma: The Malady of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Troops

Ligawa¹,

Standslause²,

Rahoy³

2016

OALib

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The collapse of Somali Government in the early 1990s left the state in the hands of predatory war lords who wrecked the country into havoc. The country has remained in a state of violent conflict for nearly over two decades. Intervention of United Nations Operations in Somalia failed to meet its objectives leaving the vulnerable population at the mercy of warlords when it finally withdrew its troops from the war torn nation. Despite the efforts of AMISOM troops to degrade the capability of Al Shabaab, little has been achieved. The militant group seems to be attacking the troops with vigour and renewed strength. With new barbaric counterinsurgency tactics, the terror group is regaining holds in the previously liberated regions. The soldiers tend to flee when they get engagements with Al Shabaab. They are unable to hold and suppress the firepower during contact. Consequently, the soldiers go into a flight mode turning their defensive position into a rout. This act is proving to be catastrophic to the mission since it occasions fatalities to the troops. Some who miss in action get lost into the hostile enemy territory. It is in this context that the study reports ways in which this malady can be curbed through the lens of contact dilemma.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Contact Dilemma: The Malady of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Troops

Ligawa¹,

Standslause²,

Rahoy³

2016

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“…To add to these difficulties, PKOs are usually cosmopolitan (Blocq, 2010), this leading to potentially different behavior in the different armed forces involved. Moreover, as some authors have pointed out (e.g., Ruffa, 2014), in a PKO different armies behave differently even if they are deployed under the same mandate and are similarly equipped.…”

Section: Interpreting In Pkosmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the Frontline: Mediating Across Languages and Cultures in Peacekeeping Operations

Rosendo

Persaud

2018

Armed Forces & Society

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This study explores the issue of interpreters’ positionality as outsiders to the forces’ personnel and insiders to the local communities. Twenty local interpreters who worked in the different peacekeeping operations (PKOs) in the Bosnian War, and seven members of the forces’ personnel were surveyed on their personal and professional background, their experiences with working conditions and training as well as the particularities and challenges of PKOs. The results indicate that the status, motivations, hiring procedures, and working conditions of the interpreters changed under the different PKOs, and that this had an impact on the positionality of the interpreter. The findings suggest that specific training programs are needed to better train interpreters to work in PKOs, and that consideration should be given to the issue of how to better train peacekeeping forces to work with interpreters.

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“…47 53 as a strong evidence of R2P abuse. 54 Despite the fact that "Western armed forces have historically focused on and attempted to instill, nationalist sentimentsmainly the protection and self-defense of physical integrity and rights of family, friends, and fellow nationals-as ideological incentives to fight," 55 they must also be prepared to accept the shift to cosmopolitan interventions. Indeed, humanitarian operations are now part of European Union missions, as stated in the Petersberg Tasks.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…General Chiarelli realized that classic modes of strategy alone and action directed toward linear threat termination are often obsolete. Military actions require a more global mindfulness, innovation, and organizational learning, 55 not less mindfulness 56 or mere routine performance. Mindfulness is particularly relevant since recent history shows that the military is the branch of the United States government normally called upon to lead and coordinate efforts to respond in the global environment.…”

Section: Wicked Problemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Aspects of Leadership: Ethics, Law, and Spirituality

2012

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Aspects of Leadership is a new book edited by Lieutenant Colonel Carroll Connelley and Dr. Paolo Tripodi, the Ethics Branch head, and comprised of essays by a group of 20 leadership and ethics scholars and practitioners. The Lejeune Leadership Institute Ethics Branch, Marine Corps University, provides current and relevant scholarly research and instruction on ethics and moral leadership and the law of war. This collection of essays provides timely and insightful views on current leadership behavior and ethical concerns that men and women of the armed forces face in the demanding, complex, and prolonged decade of armed conflict. This book offers significant and relevant perspectives on the historical underpinnings as well as from recent deployments and operations that affect ethics and law of war on individual Marines, units, and the populations engaged in conflict. The various chapters are the result of thoughtful perspectives and exhaustive research by intelligent and committed scholars and practitioners who apply their knowledge and wisdom with the passion to make clear what right ethical behavior by service members should look like. Aspects of Leadership dialogues addressing leadership from various aspects are captured and shared in this collection and should benefit not only the formal schools at Marine Corps University, but also fellow service professional military educational institutions. This book will also be relevant for those dedicated officer and enlisted personnel in the operating forces looking to broaden their understanding of leadership as they confront the difficult environments our Marines currently and will continue to face in the foreseeable future. It seems fairly settled within the Marine Corps that the study of leadership is something to be revered. Every Commandant from the very earliest years of our founding emphasized education in leadership, understanding that leaders were made, not born.

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Western Soldiers and the Protection of Local Civilians in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Is a Nationalist Orientation in the Armed Forces Hindering Our Preparedness to Fight?

Cited by 14 publications

References 12 publications

Contact Dilemma: The Malady of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Troops

Contact Dilemma: The Malady of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Troops

On the Frontline: Mediating Across Languages and Cultures in Peacekeeping Operations

Aspects of Leadership: Ethics, Law, and Spirituality

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