MILINDA: A new dataset on United Nations-led and non-united Nations-led peace operations

Abstract

Is there a trend toward the regionalization of peacekeeping? Does regionalization undermine the United Nations (UN) system of collective security? To answer these questions, we present an innovative dataset of peace operations. Covering the 1947–2016 period, the dataset captures every UN and non-UN peace operation, information on mission type, the existence of target state consent and UN authorization. The unit of analysis is the mission. The first analysis of the dataset yields three findings: (1) There is a significant regionalization of peace operations; (2) regions show distinct intervention patterns; and (3) regionalization does not directly challenge the UN authority.

Crisis affectedness, elite cues and IO public legitimacy

“…Over the last twenty years, the world has repeatedly seen international crises of all kinds, such as economic crises -like the Asian and Latin American crises in the early 2000s or the global financial crisis 2007-2008 -, an increasing number of (military) peace interventions led by international and regional organizations since 2001 (Jetschke & Schlipphak, 2020), crises related to increasing numbers of refugees -especially in Europe starting in 2015 -, and finally, the COVID-19 pandemic starting in late 2019 / early 2020. As an effect, not only have the respective international organizations (IOs) become more aware to elites and masses alike -with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) having played an (in)famous role in the financial crises or the World Health Organization (WHO) becoming more strongly known during the COVID-19 pandemic -, but also has the pressure for these IOs to legitimize themselves seemingly increased.…”

Handbook of Regional Cooperation and Integration

“…Institutional complexity is explored in different issue-areas like trade and security, or in the realm of authority. Examples for full surveys are the ROCO dataset for policy areas more generally, and the Military and Non-Military Interventions Dataset (MILINDA) (Jetschke and Schlipphak, 2020) for peacekeeping missions. MILINDA is a dataset of 293 third-party military and non-military interventions occurring on a global scale between 1947 and 2016.…”

Regional organisations: a multidimensional approach to policy scope

“…Institutional complexity is explored in different issue-areas like trade and security, or in the realm of authority. Examples for full surveys are the ROCO dataset (Panke, 2020) for policy areas more generally, and the Military and Non-Military Interventions Dataset (MILINDA) (Jetschke and Schlipphak, 2020) for peacekeeping missions. MILINDA is a dataset of 293 third-party military and non-military interventions occurring on a global scale between 1947 and 2016.…”