| ID | 131104 |
| Title Proper | EU peacekeeping in Africa |
| Other Title Information | from functional niches to interlocking security |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Brosig, Malte |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Since 2003 the EU has launched 16 peacekeeping missions in Africa in most cases in cooperation with the UN. Therefore, this article takes an inter-organizational perspective on the EU's peacekeeping activities in Africa. Theoretically the article makes a contribution to the growing literature on inter-organizational approaches by applying niche selection and resource exchange theory to the field of security studies. The paper finds that EU missions in the past followed a targeted and niche approach in which it has played a facilitating but not dominating role in UN peacekeeping operations. However, in order to make effective use of this targeted approach the EU and UN are currently engaging in a substantial reconstruction of their relationship by building an interlocking peacekeeping architecture in which elements of resource pooling are central. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Peacekeeping Vol. 21, No.1; Feb 2014: p.74-90 |
| Journal Source | International Peacekeeping Vol. 21, No.1; Feb 2014: p.74-90 |
| Key Words | European Union ; Africa ; Peacekeeping ; Resource Exchange Theory ; United Nations ; Interlocking Peacekeeping Architecture |