Les opérations de maintien de la paix des Nations unies, une géographie politique appliquée

Les opérations de maintien de la paix des Nations unies, une géographie politique appliquée

The UN peacekeeping operations make up a not very scrutinized issue of political geography. A theoretical assessment is proposed about the relationships between peace, geography and United Nations as well as the spaceness of peacekeeping operations. The paper shows a new typology of the UN peace spa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: André-Louis Sanguin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Reims Champagne-Ardennes 2014-07-01
Series:L'Espace Politique
Subjects:
border demarcation
buffer zone
intertwined network
peacekeeping operation
political geography
safe area
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/3117
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Summary:The UN peacekeeping operations make up a not very scrutinized issue of political geography. A theoretical assessment is proposed about the relationships between peace, geography and United Nations as well as the spaceness of peacekeeping operations. The paper shows a new typology of the UN peace spaces : interposition, survival, covering, governance, marking. The conclusion identifies some observable trends and conceivable prospects for a political geography of peace.
ISSN:1958-5500

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