Peacekeeping Deployments and Mutinies in African Sending States

Se p 19 98 Sending quantum information with Gaussian states

1 Information characteristics of a quantum channel During the last couple of years an impressive progress has been achieved in the theory of transmission of classical information through quantum communication channels (see [8] for a comprehensive survey). The problem of sending quantum information is much less understood; we refer in particular to the papers [10], [2], [1], initiating the study...

Peacekeeping in a bad neighbour- hood: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in peace and security in West Africa

Is there any role for regional organisations in the maintenance of international peace and security and if so, how effective are they? This question has polarised the debate on the role and potential contribution of regional intergovernmental collective security organisations in the maintenance of international peace and security in the post-Cold War period. Some scholars argue that regional or...

Immunization of peacekeeping forces.

Nicole Cancré,* Gérard Grésenguet,† François-Xavier Mbopi-Kéou, ‡Alain Kozemaka,† Ali Si Mohamed,* Mathieu Matta,* Jean-Jacques Fournel,§ and Laurent Bélec* *Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France; †Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Bangui, République Centrafricaine; ‡London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United-Kingdom; and §Hôpital de la Pi...

Pitfalls and Prospects in the Peacekeeping Literature*

Following closely the practice of peacekeeping, the literature on the subject has come in one small wave and then two larger ones. The first wave, during the Cold War, includes classic works focusing mainly on peacekeeping in wars between states. The second wave, at first inspired by the boom in peacekeeping shortly after the end of the Cold War, soon reflected disillusionment and focuses large...

Peacekeeping & Violence against Civilians