The winter term course covers the problematic of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UN PKOs), one of the hottest topics in international politics of the post-Cold War era. Peacekeeping operations have always placed high on the UN agenda and in the last decade, they have become the most visible of all UN activities. They have also expanded substantially in terms of their scope and their mandates nowadays often include various peacebuilding activities. We will cover the following topics: definitions, taxonomies, history, principles and legal framework of UN PKOs, principal critiques of UN PKOs in the post-cold war era, research and analysis of the success of UN PKOs operations in resolving contemporary conflicts, current and future trends in UN PKOs, other Conflict Resolution methods available to the United Nations. Since UN is not the only actor involved in either peacekeeping or peacebuilding, we will also explore non-United Nations operations.
Important note on course availability: This course is primarily for students enrolled in the SENTICEL and Security Studies Master Degree Programs, who will have preference in course enrollment. If too many students sign-up for this course, the instructor reserves the right to cancel the enrollment of any non-Security Studies students for this course, even if they successfully register for it in the electronic registration system (SIS). I hope I will not need to exercise this right!
NB:
In the winter term, this course is taught by prof. Oldrich Bures only. This Moodle course page is for this winter term course by prof. Bures only.
In the spring term, this course is taught by Mgr. Kamil Christoph Klosek, M.A. only. Please check another Moodle page for current syllabus, readings etc.
You need to register via the Student Information System (SIS) to enroll in the course officially. Students registered in the SIS will receive a password for the Moodle page in the first session of the course.
- Teacher: Oldřich Bureš