Ellero Stefano - Civil/military interaction in Peace Keeping operations – case studies

During Peace Keeping operations there is always the presence of civil and military staff implementing humanitarian aid interventions while trying to secure and stabilize the target area. The two different corps sometimes operate in parallel with higher or smaller degree of coordination, sometimes overlap in their activities. The interactions take place at different levels: operational, strategic, politic. The issue is not simply practical. It affects the effectiveness and success of the entire operations and entails ethic and political issue of vast relevance. Eventually the very meaning of humanitarian intervention is at stake. Going through some case studies – Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq - the lesson intends to highlight good and bad practices of civil-military interaction in peace keeping operations and to pinpoint the latest developments and challenges. AnsoCareNGOinsicurityInAFGHANISTAN.pdf (377 KB)