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SUMMARY:CISA seminar on &quot\;UN peacekeeping reform from the operational
  perspective&quot\; - Jonathan Marley (LSE\, Irish Defence Forces Military
  College) and Edward Burke (University of St Andrews\, FRIDE)
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DESCRIPTION:The Cambridge International Studies Association (CISA) welcome
 s Jonathan Marley (LSE\, Irish Defence Forces Military College) and Edward
  Burke (University of St Andrews\, FRIDE) as our speakers on "UN peacekeep
 ing reform from the operational perspective". \n\nAbout the talk: \nPost-A
 fghanistan\, senior military leaders such as the UK’s Chief of the Defen
 ce Staff\, General Sir Nick Houghton have called for a much greater Europe
 an commitment to UN operations. In the 1960s European countries made vital
  contributions to peacekeeping missions in Africa and the Middle East. In 
 the 1990s\, the second era of European peacekeeping\, countries blamed the
  UN for a lack of technical proficiency but chose to overlook the politica
 l\, operational and logistical problems caused by a lack of member-state p
 olitical direction\, coherence and financing. It is now time for a renewed
  European commitment to UN peacekeeping – carefully planned\, resourced\
 , and realistic in its aims. 2015\, and the UN review of peacekeeping chai
 red by H.E. Ramos Horta\, should mark the beginning of a third era of Euro
 pean peacekeeping. \n\nEd Burke and Jonathan Marley have employed Ireland
 ’s recent experiences of UN peacekeeping to examine the current state of
  play of UN military operations. Ireland’s record on UN peacekeeping is 
 impressive: As of April 2015\, 67 per cent of all Irish military personnel
  have served on UN peacekeeping missions. Since 1955\, 86 Irish soldiers h
 ave died on UN peacekeeping operations\, more than any other European coun
 try with the exception of France and the UK. Ireland is one of the few Eur
 opean countries to consistently send contingents to UN peacekeeping missio
 ns in Africa. At the end of 2014\, 356 members of the Irish Defence Force 
 were deployed on peacekeeping operations\, including contingents in the Un
 ited Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the UNDOF in the Golan 
 Heights. \n\nBurke and Marley argue that operational and logistical concer
 ns about UN peacekeeping are not insurmountable if large\, capable Europea
 n countries work together and deploy together\, including by unlocking int
 er-organisational funding constraints that are EU Battlegroups from deploy
 ing on UN missions. Instead of simply continuing to lecture agencies such 
 as the DPKO and DFS in New York\, Europe needs to get its house in order. 
 Relying upon a wide array of interview with serving military personnel\, t
 he authors provide a range of concrete and readily achievable proposals to
  improve UN command and control\, pre-deployment training\, standby arrang
 ements\, intelligence and logistical supply – recommendations that will 
 meet European concerns and demands for improved UN peacekeeping performanc
 e.\n
LOCATION:Alison Richard Building (ARB)\, Room 138
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