Cosmopolitan peacekeeping and peacebuilding in Sierra Leone: what can Africa contribute?

Curran, David; Woodhouse, Tom

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“…Much of the funds went to securing the peace, an endeavor by the United Kingdom, the Sierra Leonean government, and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) that was considered robust and successful in that it brought security to the people and communities (Curran & Woodhouse, 2007;Kaplan, 2013). These interventions were seen largely as positive associated with high quality troops and collaboration (Jackson, 2005).…”

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“…After the cessation of violence, the international assistance funds, and even part of the UNAMSIL mission, switched to development. This switch occurred in hopes of restarting the economy and mending social infrastructure, including developing agriculture, building health care and education systems, creating youth employment, facilitating reconciliation, reconstruction of the rule of law and judicial system, and developing community structures (Bah, 2013;Chenge, 2002;Curran & Woodhouse, 2007;Jackson, 2005;Mlambo et. al., 2009;Rogers, 2006;Sriram, 2011;UNDP, 2006 USAID, n.d.).…”

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“…al., 2009;Rogers, 2006;Sriram, 2011;UNDP, 2006 USAID, n.d.). A switch, which required a focus on women (Curran &Woodhouse, 2007), took too long (Bah, 2013) and was furthered challenged, particularly economically, by the 2013-2016 Ebola epidemic (Karns, Mingst, & Stiles, 2015). As recently as 2015, approximately half of the government budget was still coming from foreign assistance, with international organizations assuming a central role, although government committees were now involved in monitoring and regulating these funds (Baker & May, 2006;Fanthorpe, 2003;Freeman, 2008;Olaleye & Becker, 2005;United Nations Development Program, 2018).…”

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Through community eyes: the transition of international organizations from community aid to development in postconflict Sierra Leone

Miller

2019

Journal of Community Practice

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Through community eyes: The transition of international organizations from community aid to development in postconflict Sierra LeoneSierra Leone experienced an 11-year civil war, brutalizing its people and destroying its communities. With the cessation of violence, international organizations helped to secure peace, deliver aid and supplies, and afterward, assist with development projects. This grounded theory study, which aims to understand the role these organizations played from the viewpoint of community members in two communities, posits that community members' regard of international organizations lessened as their efforts transitioned from securing the peace and relief efforts to aid for development. Highlighted are the successes and challenges of this work and a broad discussion of implications and recommendations.

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Miller

2019

Journal of Community Practice

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“…The operation in Sierra Leone was viewed in London as a test case for Britain's post-Cold War capabilities (Dorman, 2008). Britain's strong interest in Sierra Leone and its position as a permanent member of the Security Council was likely a major reason for the Council's agreement to expand UNAMSIL's strength to 17,500 troops (Curran & Woodhouse, 2007).…”

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Tackling the anarchy within: The role of deterrence and great power intervention in peace operations

Brûlé¹

2008

Intra-State Conflict, Governments and Security

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for helping me make the most of my field research. I want to thank the inspirational people that I met in Addis and in the refugee camps, including Menherit, whose enduringly bright smile in the face of adversity is a source of inspiration and humility. My family has always been supportive and cheered me on during my graduate studies, and I would like to thank Ann Corbett, Yolande Mainville, Clarisse Olivier and Giles Lepage. Finally, I want to offer a deep and heartfelt thank you to my father, Michel Brûlé, my mother, Hélène Martin, and my husband, Stéphane Moulin. I dedicate this thesis to them.

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“…In this case, it is logical that they would continue engaging on war and raging against the state unless they are convinced that the war is unwinnable, which may require a strong military international intervention. In Sierra Leone, for example, the Revolutionary United Force was only convinced of it when British troops started backing the UNAMSIL (Curran & Woodhouse, 2007). Ethical and power criteria as well as the strategy of the mediator offer some important insights for answering these two questions.…”

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Ethics after intervention: should warlords be empowered as statesmen?

Carvalho

2017

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Since the end of the Cold War, when the number of peacekeeping and peacebuilding interventions considerably increased, the debate about their ethics raised as an important aspect regarding both its ends and its means. Literature was roughly divided between those who advocated for an approach centred on global actors, liberal peace, and cosmopolitanism and those who stood for the role of local actors and indigenous solutions for the problems in question. In this regard, the relationship that the International Community usually held with warring parties in civil conflict came to the fore. This essay looks forward to providing insights about the role that warlords can play in facilitating and hindering internationally-led peace process. Using Burundi and Somalia as case-studies, it is argued that warlords can only commit to liberal and cosmopolitan ethics after the state institutions have been built and solidified. Key words: Civil War. Intervention. State-building. Post-conflict reconstruction.Much have been said about the ethics of intervention, mainly of armed intervention, in intrastate conflicts around the world. Specially after the end of the Cold War, when such type of warfare became much more recurrent, the International Community (mainly through the United Nations) intervened several times in domestic conflicts in order to cease the violence and to assist the war-torn states' reconstruction.Since then, the debate was mostly limited and restrained to the question of whether thirdparty armed intervention was a good approach in pursuing such goal. On one hand, the moral necessity of intervening and protecting "populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity", which came to be famous under the label Responsibility to Protect. On the other hand, a "do no harm" approach which advocates that third-party international armed intervention cannot cause more damages to a state under intervention, which became known as Responsibility while Protecting. Many authors and policymakers engaged in such debate (Evans, 2008;McDougall, 2014).However, similarly important and sensitive questions apparently remained largely unaddressed and, consequently, unanswered and are related mainly to the actors which will engage in both peace-making and state-building processes. This is a critical issue provided that the responsibility of reconstructing state institutions and their future maintenance will lie on domestic actors, no matter how profound an intervention can be http://dx

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Through community eyes: the transition of international organizations from community aid to development in postconflict Sierra Leone

Through community eyes: the transition of international organizations from community aid to development in postconflict Sierra Leone

Tackling the anarchy within: The role of deterrence and great power intervention in peace operations

Ethics after intervention: should warlords be empowered as statesmen?

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