Why Deploy to Somalia? Understanding Six African Countries’ Reasons for Sending Soldiers to One of the World’s Most Failed States
Why Deploy to Somalia? Understanding Six African Countries’ Reasons for Sending Soldiers to One of the World’s Most Failed States
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为什么要向索马里部署？了解六个非洲国家向世界上最失败的国家之一派遣士兵的原因
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2015
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B. Hesse
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2007年，非盟士兵在联合国安理会的支持下被派往索马里，表面上是执行维和任务。今天，作为非洲联盟驻索马里特派团（AMISOM）的一部分，六个非洲国家总共有大约21,564名地面作战部队。这些士兵付出了沉重的代价。自从非索特派团军事部队首次抵达索马里以来，可能有多达3000人在那里被杀——这个数字接近1948年至2013年联合国所有维和行动中丧生的3096名维和人员。但为什么有六个非洲国家向世界上最失败的国家之一派兵？选择国际关系概念和理论有助于提供答案。几乎所有人都指出了不那么无私的原因。这篇文章的结论是，所有六个非洲国家都通过军事参与非索特派团获得了或正在寻求获得自私自利的利益。
In 2007, African Union soldiers deployed to Somalia with the blessing of the United Nations Security Council, ostensibly on a peacekeeping mission. Today, six African countries have a combined total of approximately 21,564 combat troops on the ground as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). These soldiers have paid a heavy price. Since AMISOM military forces first arrived in Somalia, perhaps as many as 3,000 have been killed there—a number approaching the 3,096 peacekeepers killed in all United Nations peacekeeping operations between 1948 and 2013. But why have six African countries sent soldiers to one of the world’s most failed states? Select international relations concepts and theories help provide answers. Nearly all point to less-than-selfless reasons. This article concludes that all six African countries have accrued, or are looking to accrue, self-serving benefits through their military participation in AMISOM.