Reflection on labour hierarchies in peacekeeping: a study on the operational experiences of military peacekeepers/

PODDER Sukanya

Reflection on labour hierarchies in peacekeeping: a study on the operational experiences of military peacekeepers/ Sukanya Podder and Giuseppe Manzillo - 2021

We found that a majority changed their opinion about UNPKOs as an effective tool for peacebuilding from positive to negative. Specifically, we found that 82% of troops from the Global South changed their perceptions from positive to negative after deployment; while 59% of Global North peacekeepers did not change their perceptions. This shift was on account of enduring command and control challenges, problems with analysing intelligence, and, the growing demands of robustness to protect civilians, which increasingly place peacekeepers from the Global South at the risk of armed attacks and under scrutiny for underperformance.


PEACEKEEPING--COMMAND AND CONTROL--INTELLIGENCE--ARMED GROUPS--CIVILIAN PROTECTION