Title:
INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING AND STABILIZATION CASES: LIBERIA, MOZAMBIQUE, AND RWANDA

Authors:
Dr. Omar Khalfan

Abstract:
Civil war(s) and ethnic rivalries are root causes of political instability in the world today. Fighting starts because of political claims, greed or grievances and protagonists fight one against another using traditional and /or conventional weapons. When fighting lasts for days, months or years and tolls are being reported every day by local, regional and international media, alarming emergency situations and when protagonists are most likely tired of fighting because no one side tends to win the battle; international community is set to put pressure on protagonists to accept mediation. This is when and how international organizations and/or regional blocks start the role of meditation seeking a cease fire. This study highlights three cases for which United Nations international peacekeepers have operated, that’s to say ‘Mozambique, Liberia and Rwanda’. The researcher wants to show the cases in which United Nations peacekeeping operations have succeeded, half-succeeded and completely failed.