Curran and Hunt: Stabilization at the Expense of Peacekeeping in UN Operations

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Curran, David, and Charles T. Hunt. “Stabilization at the Expense of Peacebuilding in UN Peacekeeping Operations: More Than Just a Phase?” Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations 26, no. 1 (April 9, 2020): 46–68. https://doi.org/10.1163/19426720-02601001.

• Makes the case that stabilization has largely come at the cost of peacekeeping
• Stabilization has focused on propping up state authority, but this may not necessarily be the best move
  • diversion of funds
  • accusations that stabilization is “liddism”, or just keeping the lid stable enough but is not moving towards durable peacekeeping
• first forms of stabilization were in yugoslavia, but kosovo, iraq, afghanistan were all apart of this
• united nations multidimensional integrated stabilization mission in mali (MINUSMA) is one of the biggest offenders, alongside united nations multidimensional integrated stabilization mission in the central african republic (MINUSCA), and united nations stabilization mission in the democratic republic of the congo (MONUSCO)
• stabilization is largely never brought up in UN documents, but is heavily invested in by operations
• in the case of united nations stabilization mission in the democratic republic of the congo (MONUSCO), almost entirely about propping up the government, even human rights violations happen with the national army
• UN may be stepping back from cases of deep inclusivity