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2006.
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| Summary/Abstract |
This article addresses two basic questions: Do most of the countries that have participated in peace operations in 2001-04 exhibit particular characteristics? If so, what are the implications for increasing the number of sustained and substantial contributors in the near term? We compared contributors and non-contributors along three dimensions: size of active-duty ground forces, regional location, and societal characteristics (governance, per capita income, internal stability and level of development). Among the most significant of our seven findings is that democratic, rich and middle income, stable and highly and lesser developed states constitute the majority profile of the peace operations community. We conclude that existing contributors are a more promising source of new sustained and substantial contributors than are nominal and non-contributors.
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