UN peacekeeping operations (catch all)

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A WoTR article, with a mass of links, plus two graphs:http://warontherocks.com/2016/10/pla...ent-extremism/

A key section:

Nearly two-thirds of U.N. military peacekeepers and 90 percent of total U.N. personnel deployed today operate in countries experiencing sustained violent conflict rather than a negotiated truce. In other words.....there is no peace to keep in many of these conflicts.

Contingencies for peacekeeping operations are increasingly complex and call for robust capabilities to impose security instead of relying on the permission of opposing parties.