Citation

Kaufman SJ. Stud. Conflict Terrorism 1996; 19(3): 229-246.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10576109608436007

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Peacekeeping troops can in some cases be used preventively to forestall ethnic violence. For the peacekeeping mission to be successful, all major parties to the conflict must wish for the peace to be kept, must consent to the peacekeeping mission, and must cooperate in implementing it. The international community must also be strongly motivated to act. Macedonia represents a rare case in which all of these conditions were met. The Macedonian government consented to the introduction of peacekeepers because of an external threat from Serbia, and the international community acted out of fear that a conflict in Macedonia might escalate into a broader Balkan war. The UN preventive peacekeeping effort in Macedonia has therefore been useful in stabilizing that country. In cases where these conditions are absent, such as Croatia in 1991, preventive peacekeeping either cannot be attempted or is unlikely to succeed.

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