03929nam a22005055i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001800153072001600171072002300187072001500210100008000225245015100305250001800456264007900474300004300553336002600596337002600622338003600648347002400684490008400708505061200792520141001404650001102814650002902825650003202854650002202886650002902908650003202937650002902969650003202998650005903030650003603089710003403125773002603159776003603185776003603221776003603257830008403293856004603377978-3-031-66466-3DE-He21320251030113248.0cr nn 008mamaa241028s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830316646637 a10.1007/978-3-031-66466-32doi 4aJZ5509.2-6300 7aGTJ2bicssc 7aPOL0340002bisacsh 7aGTU2thema1 aBoutellis, Arthur.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut14aThe UN Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)h[electronic resource] :bPeacekeeping Caught in the Geopolitical Crossfire /cby Arthur Boutellis.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXIX, 252 p. 7 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aTwenty-first Century Perspectives on War, Peace, and Human Conflict,x2945-60610 aIntroduction -- 1. MINUSMA First Act (2013-2015): “multilateralizing” a French-African intervention and becoming the actor of an imposed peace? -- 2. MINUSMA Act Two (2016-2019): The seeds of divisions and a France-US divide over the very relevance of UN peacekeeping in a terrorist environment -- 3. MINUSMA Act Three (2020-2023): The return of the East-West divide and the road to the withdrawal of the host country consent -- 4. Lessons from MINUSMA for UN peace operations in a post-liberal international order -- 5. The return of power rivalries and the future of UN peace operations -- Conclusion.  aThe book tells (and analyzes) the story of the United Nations multidimensional stabilization operation in Mali (MINUSMA), which closed at the end of the 2023 after almost a decade of existence. MINUSMA, which is the UN operation that has by far attracted the most media attention, has been the laboratory of contemporary peacekeeping, combining several interesting elements. It came on the tail of a French-African military intervention (rehatting African contingents), operated ‘in parallel’ to various counterterrorism forces (Barkhane and JF G5 Sahel). It has been the deadliest peace operation due to asymmetric threats but has also managed to adapt to a new environment and has witnessed a ‘return’ of European troop contributors to peacekeeping in Africa but also a significant contribution from China. Most importantly, MINUSMA ultimately became caught in the geopolitical crossfire, with a host government led by a military junta and supported by Russia (and the Wagner Group) defying the Security Council, in the context of a return of East-West rivalries exacerbated by the 2022 Ukraine invasion. Arthur Boutellis is a Non-resident Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute (IPI) and teaches at graduate-level at Columbia University and Sciences Po Paris. He previously worked with the UN in New York, Jerusalem, Burundi, Chad and the Central African Republic, Haiti, and Mali. 0aPeace. 0aInternational relations. 0aInternational organization. 0aHumanitarian law. 0aSecurity, International.14aPeace and Conflict Studies.24aInternational Relations.24aInternational Organization.24aInternational Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.24aInternational Security Studies.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303166465608iPrinted edition:z978303166467008iPrinted edition:z9783031664687 0aTwenty-first Century Perspectives on War, Peace, and Human Conflict,x2945-606140uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66466-3