This text explores the controversial concept that has evolved from diplomatic peacekeeping and military peace-enforcement. Jarat Chopra, the architect of Peace-Maintenance, outlines the limitations of traditional peacekeeping principles reliant on the increasingly questionable consent of belligerents. He traces the evolution of the political, administrative, legal and judicial ingredients of international authority and draws on his extensive experience of peace operations with the United Nations. He uses many examples to illustrate the context and evolution of Peace-Maintenance, including...

On 6-7 May 2004-in the wake of Likud's rejection of Sharon's disengagement plan from the Gaza Strip and parts of the northern West Bank-a group of Israelis, Palestinians and international officials and experts convened to address operational aspects of third party involvement in a withdrawal process. Chaired by Jarat Chopra and Mark Walsh, the meeting was hosted in Noordwijk aan Zee by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, sponsored by the Programme for Security in International Society at the University of Cambridge Centre of International Studies and organized with Strategic...