Beyond Keeping Peace: United Nations Effectiveness in the Midst of Fighting
Beyond Keeping Peace: United Nations Effectiveness in the Midst of Fighting
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超越维持和平：联合国在战斗中的有效性
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
6.8
通讯作者：
Megan Shannon
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作者：
L. Hultman;Jacob D Kathman;Megan Shannon
虽然联合国维持和平特派团是为维持和平和开展冲突后活动而设立的，但自冷战结束以来，维持和平人员更多地被部署到正在发生的冲突中。然而，我们对他们管理持续暴力的能力知之甚少。本文首次对联合国维和行动在减少内战中战场暴力方面的有效性进行了广泛的实证研究。我们分析了部署的联合国维和人员的数量如何影响1992年至2011年非洲所有内战中的战场死亡人数。分析表明，武装部队人数的增加与战场死亡人数的减少有关，而警察和观察员则不然。考虑到联合国经常因效率低下而受到批评，这些结果具有重要意义：如果组成得当，联合国维和特派团可以减少暴力冲突。
While United Nations peacekeeping missions were created to keep peace and perform post-conflict activities, since the end of the Cold War peacekeepers are more often deployed to active conflicts. Yet, we know little about their ability to manage ongoing violence. This article provides the first broad empirical examination of UN peacekeeping effectiveness in reducing battlefield violence in civil wars. We analyze how the number of UN peacekeeping personnel deployed influences the amount of battlefield deaths in all civil wars in Africa from 1992 to 2011. The analyses show that increasing numbers of armed military troops are associated with reduced battlefield deaths, while police and observers are not. Considering that the UN is often criticized for ineffectiveness, these results have important implications: if appropriately composed, UN peacekeeping missions reduce violent conflict.