1. Paul F. Diehl Department of Political Science
EU and Peacekeeping
Paul F. Diehl
Department of Political Science

2. TRADITIONAL PEACEKEEPING CHARACTERISTICS
INTERPOSITION OR “BUFFER” FORCE (Limited Functions)
HISTORICALLY - UN
PURPOSES:
LIMITATION OF ARMED CONFLICT
PREVENT SURPRISE ATTACK
PREVENT ACCIDENTAL ENGAGEMENT
PROVIDE VERIFICATION OF CEASE-FIRE (ASSURANCE)
PROMOTE ENVIRONMENT FOR NEGOTIATON

3. PEACEBUILDING CHARACTERSTISCS
USUALLY IN CIVIL WAR CONTEXTS
ACROSS MULTIPLE CONFLICT PHASES
HOST STATE CONSENT NOT ESSENTIAL
FAILED STATES, BIASED INTERVENTION
ORGANIZING AGENCY
UN, REGIONAL IOs, MULTINATIONAL COALITIONS, PRIVATE CONTRACTORS
WIDE RANGE OF MISSIONS

4. Peace Operations Deployments by Sending Authority

5. European Union’s Peace Operations

6. Why EU Involvement?
- Historically – EU members contributed some troops (e.g., Cyprus)
- Bosnia as Key Turning Point
Note bullet holes in walls, center photo excavation of mass grave

7. Reasons for EU Involvement
New Security Capacity and Focus for EU
UN in East Timore and UN holding back hungry in Haiti

8. Reasons for EU Involvement
Europe as a Location for Conflict – Post-Cold War
Taken from SPIRI map see attached in .

9. Reasons for EU Involvement
UN is often over-stretched and under-funded (demand)

10. Reasons for EU Involvement
UN’s failures
Somalia photos: boy on black hawk wreckage and black hawks patroling

11. Reasons for EU Involvement
IOs need to show that they can stabilize their regions
Photos of police force and EU troops in Bosnia

12. Inter-Organizational Cooperation in Peace Operations

13. Why Collaborate and With Whom?
Possible Explanations – Cooperation
Resources and Burden Sharing
Complementary Activities – Comparative Advantage
Spreading the Reputational Costs of Failure
EU troops guarding a perimeter as the search for Ratko Mladic; UN out on patrol with tank

14. Why Collaborate and With Whom?
Why Not More with NATO? (Greece-Turkey rivalry and inter-organizational competition)

15. Why Collaborate and With Whom?
Other Factors and Depth of Cooperation
Learning
Common Security Cultures
Personal Staff Connections