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Mission CriticalSmaller Democracies' Role in Global Stability Operations |
Suggestions for effective participation and peacekeeping from countries that aren't superpowers.
Can smaller countries achieve through cooperation what superpowers cannot achieve by force? The military forces of the United States are reluctant to engage in peacekeeping, stabilization, and nation building, and the complexity of working in a national bureaucracy that is bigger and more divided than the United Nations and European Union combined makes response by the world's superpower difficult.
Still, the chaotic margins of international order need stabilizing if they are not to threaten western and global interests in perpetuity. Herein lies the challenge of expeditionary missions for smaller advanced democracies: reject the technological fantasy of future war scenarios, come to terms with the social context of violence and the human implications of managing it, and project stabilization globally in support of a consensus that will survive a changing world order. Mission Critical will appeal to scholars, military, and strategic planners in countries small and large with an interest in sharing the heavy lifting of international security more effectively.
Still, the chaotic margins of international order need stabilizing if they are not to threaten western and global interests in perpetuity. Herein lies the challenge of expeditionary missions for smaller advanced democracies: reject the technological fantasy of future war scenarios, come to terms with the social context of violence and the human implications of managing it, and project stabilization globally in support of a consensus that will survive a changing world order. Mission Critical will appeal to scholars, military, and strategic planners in countries small and large with an interest in sharing the heavy lifting of international security more effectively.
Details
Part of the Queen's Policy Studies Series (number 145 in series)
250 Pages, 6 x 9
Queen's Centre for International Relations
ISBN 9781553392446
December 2010
Formats: Paperback
Christian Leuprecht is associate professor of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada.
Jodok Troy is post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck.
David Last is associate professor of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada and served thirty years in the Canadian army.
Jodok Troy is post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck.
David Last is associate professor of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada and served thirty years in the Canadian army.
Contents
Acknowledgements........................................................................................ v
Taking Allies Seriously: Modest Responses by Modest
Countries?.........................................................................................................1
Jodok Troy and Christian Leuprecht
Part 1 - The Changing Environment of
New Missions
At the Demographic Crossroads: International Security
Strategy for the 21st Century.........................................................................13
Christian Leuprecht
Accommodating Complexity in New Operations....................................49
Sarah Jane Meharg and Kristine St-Pierre
Fragile Support: MONUC’s Reputation and
Legitimacy in the Democratic Republic of Congo....................................77
Ingrid van Osch and Joseph Soeters
Part 2 - Building Communities in Support
of International Stabilit y
Of Structures, Ambitions and National Caveats:
The ESDP/CSDP and Austria....................................................................103
Franco Algieri and Arnold H. Kammel
New Missions and Emerging Powers: Brazil, Peace
Operations and MINUSTAH.....................................................................125
Kai Michael Kenkel
iv Contents
Building a Research Community to Support New
Missions: The Role of Defence Universities.............................................149
David Last
Part 3 - Competencies for New Missions
Cooperative and Learning-Oriented Leadership
Related to Civil-Military Relations in International
Missions? A Relational Approach..............................................................177
Bo Talerud
Private-Military Interfaces: Cooperation and
Non-Cooperation between Private Military and
Security Companies and the Armed Forces.............................................197
Gerhard Kümmel
Part 4 - Collaboration vs . Imposition
The Role of Trust in Whole of Government Missions............................225
Megan M. Thompson and Ritu Gill
Anthropology and Cultural Awareness for the
Military..........................................................................................................245
Donna Winslow
Respectful Collaborative Stabilization Operations
and Rule of Law...........................................................................................275
David Last
Contributors.................................................................................................297
Acknowledgements........................................................................................ v
Taking Allies Seriously: Modest Responses by Modest
Countries?.........................................................................................................1
Jodok Troy and Christian Leuprecht
Part 1 - The Changing Environment of
New Missions
At the Demographic Crossroads: International Security
Strategy for the 21st Century.........................................................................13
Christian Leuprecht
Accommodating Complexity in New Operations....................................49
Sarah Jane Meharg and Kristine St-Pierre
Fragile Support: MONUC’s Reputation and
Legitimacy in the Democratic Republic of Congo....................................77
Ingrid van Osch and Joseph Soeters
Part 2 - Building Communities in Support
of International Stabilit y
Of Structures, Ambitions and National Caveats:
The ESDP/CSDP and Austria....................................................................103
Franco Algieri and Arnold H. Kammel
New Missions and Emerging Powers: Brazil, Peace
Operations and MINUSTAH.....................................................................125
Kai Michael Kenkel
iv Contents
Building a Research Community to Support New
Missions: The Role of Defence Universities.............................................149
David Last
Part 3 - Competencies for New Missions
Cooperative and Learning-Oriented Leadership
Related to Civil-Military Relations in International
Missions? A Relational Approach..............................................................177
Bo Talerud
Private-Military Interfaces: Cooperation and
Non-Cooperation between Private Military and
Security Companies and the Armed Forces.............................................197
Gerhard Kümmel
Part 4 - Collaboration vs . Imposition
The Role of Trust in Whole of Government Missions............................225
Megan M. Thompson and Ritu Gill
Anthropology and Cultural Awareness for the
Military..........................................................................................................245
Donna Winslow
Respectful Collaborative Stabilization Operations
and Rule of Law...........................................................................................275
David Last
Contributors.................................................................................................297
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