Rosa Freedman (University of Reading), Nicolas Lemay-Hébert (Australian National University, Canberra), Siobhán Wills
In an increasingly complex world, it is more crucial than ever to have a full picture of how international peacekeeping can be a force for good, but can also have potentially negative impacts on host communities. After thirteen years of presence in Haiti, the highly controversial United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti has now withdrawn. The UN's legacy in Haiti is not all negative, but it does include sexual scandals, the divisive use of force to 'clean up' difficult neighbourhoods as well as a cholera epidemic, brought inadvertently by Nepalese peacekeepers that killed more than 8,000...
In an increasingly complex world, it is more crucial than ever to have a full picture of how international peacekeeping can be a force for good, but c...