Kan FN:s stabiliserande insats i Mali beskrivas som en COIN-operation?

The UN Security Council established on the 25th of April, 2013; The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) to support political processes in that country and carry out a number of security-related tasks. The mission was authorized a strong mandate by the S...

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Main Author: Bjälldal, Anders
Format: Others
Language:Swedish
Published: Försvarshögskolan 2020
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9208
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-fhs-92082020-07-04T04:20:24ZKan FN:s stabiliserande insats i Mali beskrivas som en COIN-operation?sweCan the UN:s Stabilizing Mission in Mali be Described as a COIN-operation?Bjälldal, AndersFörsvarshögskolan2020MINUSMAMaliUNCOINDavid KilcullenOther Social SciencesAnnan samhällsvetenskapThe UN Security Council established on the 25th of April, 2013; The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) to support political processes in that country and carry out a number of security-related tasks. The mission was authorized a strong mandate by the Security Council to carry out its tasks and to protects its mandate. Despite the mission’s strong mandate, violence on civilians has not reduced which has led to a debate on whether the UN can handle the situation in Mali. This study tries to examine whether MINUSMA can be described according to David Kilcullens conceptualisation of a COIN-operation in three pillars of counterinsurgency, by doing so this study hopes to give theoretical insight and enable a way of understanding the goals and means of the mission in Mali more than the stabilizing mandate does. The result of the analysis shows that MINUSMA can be described as a COIN-operation in large extent, mainly in the areas of cooperation, information and security. The result also shows that even if MINUSMA doesn´t work directly in the area of politics & economics they support both direct and indirect other agencies that does, thereby giving theoretical insight to the mission in Mali. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9208application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic MINUSMA
Mali
UN
COIN
David Kilcullen
Other Social Sciences
Annan samhällsvetenskap
spellingShingle MINUSMA
Mali
UN
COIN
David Kilcullen
Other Social Sciences
Annan samhällsvetenskap
Bjälldal, Anders
Kan FN:s stabiliserande insats i Mali beskrivas som en COIN-operation?
description The UN Security Council established on the 25th of April, 2013; The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) to support political processes in that country and carry out a number of security-related tasks. The mission was authorized a strong mandate by the Security Council to carry out its tasks and to protects its mandate. Despite the mission’s strong mandate, violence on civilians has not reduced which has led to a debate on whether the UN can handle the situation in Mali. This study tries to examine whether MINUSMA can be described according to David Kilcullens conceptualisation of a COIN-operation in three pillars of counterinsurgency, by doing so this study hopes to give theoretical insight and enable a way of understanding the goals and means of the mission in Mali more than the stabilizing mandate does. The result of the analysis shows that MINUSMA can be described as a COIN-operation in large extent, mainly in the areas of cooperation, information and security. The result also shows that even if MINUSMA doesn´t work directly in the area of politics & economics they support both direct and indirect other agencies that does, thereby giving theoretical insight to the mission in Mali.
author Bjälldal, Anders
author_facet Bjälldal, Anders
author_sort Bjälldal, Anders
title Kan FN:s stabiliserande insats i Mali beskrivas som en COIN-operation?
title_short Kan FN:s stabiliserande insats i Mali beskrivas som en COIN-operation?
title_full Kan FN:s stabiliserande insats i Mali beskrivas som en COIN-operation?
title_fullStr Kan FN:s stabiliserande insats i Mali beskrivas som en COIN-operation?
title_full_unstemmed Kan FN:s stabiliserande insats i Mali beskrivas som en COIN-operation?
title_sort kan fn:s stabiliserande insats i mali beskrivas som en coin-operation?
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