Abstract:

The peacekeeping operations that were set up in the 1990s were to a certain extent a reflection of the state of international relations during that period. Initially ambitious, ill-defined and conducted by a hope-bringing UN, they were subsequently taken over by States that kept the UN out and withdrew from the dangers of crisis management. In these two movements, peacekeeping operations do not form part of a well-defined strategic vision, and despite the realignments made following the failures of Somalia and Bosnia, they remain ill-suited to the situations which they are supposed to manage, and continue to suffer from a traditional vagueness and an overestimation of their own capabilities.


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