INTRODUCING PEACEKEEPING TO EUROPE

In: International peacekeeping, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 215-223

Abstract

THE DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE OVER THAT PAST FIVE YEARS CONFIRMS THE IDEA OF THE CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE OF STRONG AND INTEGRATING INSTITUTIONS AND THE URGENCY OF EXTENDING THEM STEP-BY-STEP TO INCLUDE COUNTRIES IN ALL PARTS OF EUROPE. THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES: THE COMMITMENT IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA; UNPROFOR, NATO, AND THE USE OF FORCE; AND THE EUROPEAN UNION. THE EUROPEAN UNION IS SEEN AS THE MOST IMPORTANT PEACEKEEPING INSTITUTION THAT EXISTS IN EUROPE. ITS GRADUAL ENLARGEMENT IS SEEN AS STEPS TOWARDS PEACE AND STABILITY.