A Comparative Evaluation of United Nations Peacekeeping

Abstract

Mr. Chairman, I understand that the purpose of these hearings is to consider the importance the United States should attach to United Nations peacekeeping and nation building activities. In my testimony, I will compare United Nations performance in this area to that of other international organizations, to ad hoc multinational coalitions, and to that of the United States itself. In doing so, I will draw upon personal experience, having had the opportunity to oversee five successive nation building operations for the Clinton and Bush Administrations. Since leaving government in 2002 to join the RAND Corporation, I have continued to study the subject, co-authoring three volumes, the first of which examined eight American led nation building operations, the second eight UN led operations, while the third provided a guide for the management of future such missions. I will conclude with just a few words on the Oil for Food scandal, which has done so much to color American opinion of the United Nations over the past several years.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 13, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473409

Entities

People

  • James F. Dobbins

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • European Union
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Conflicts
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Peacekeeping
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Strategic Security Studies