Trends in the number and scope of peace operations since 2000 evidence heightened international appreciation for their value in crisis-response and regional stabilization. Peace Operations: Trends, Progress, and Prospects addresses national and institutional capacities to undertake such operations, by going beyond what is available in previously published literature.

Part one focuses on developments across regions and countries. It builds on data- gathering projects undertaken at Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS), the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), and the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) that offer new information about national contributions to operations and about the organizations through which they make those contributions. The information provides the bases for arriving at unique insights about the characteristics of contributors and about the division of labor between the United Nations and other international entities.

Part two looks to trends and prospects within regions and nations. Unlike other studies that focus only on regions with well-established track records—specifically Europe and Africa—this book also looks to the other major areas of the world and poses two questions concerning them: If little or nothing has been done institutionally in a region, why not? What should be expected?

This groundbreaking volume will help policymakers and academics understand better the regional and national factors shaping the prospects for peace operations into the next decade.

Donald C. F. Daniel is a professor in the Security Studies Program and a fellow in the Center for Peace and Security Studies in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Patricia Taft is a senior associate at The Fund for Peace.

Sharon Wiharta is a researcher in the Armed Conflict and Conflict Management Programme of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Contents
 List of Illustrations
 Acknowledgments
 List of Acronyms
 Introduction											Donald C. F. Daniel and Sharon Wiharta
 
 Part One. Macro View: Across Regions and Nations
 Chapter 1	Trends from 1948¿2005: How to View the Relation between the United Nations and Non-UN Entities
 		Birger Heldt
 Chapter 2	Distinguishing Among Military Contributors
 		Donald C. F. Daniel, K. Heuel, and B. Margo
 Chapter 3 	Why So Few Troops From Among So Many?
 		Donald C. F. Daniel
 Chapter 4	Preparing for the Worst: Military Requirements for Hazardous Missions
 		Gary Anderson
 Chapter 5	Preparing Nations for Peace: Specialized Requirements for Complex Missions
 		Patricia Taft
 
 Part Two. Micro View: Within Regions and Nations
 Chapter 6	Africa: Building Institutions on the Run
 		Mark Malan
 Chapter 7	Europe: Looking Near and Far
 		Bastian Giegerich
 Chapter 8	Peace Support in the New Independent States: Different from the Rest?
 		Alexander I. Nikitin and Mark A. Loucas
 Chapter 9	Latin America: Haiti and Beyond
 		John T. Fishel
 Chapter 10	Rethinking Peace Operations in East Asia: Problems and Prospects
 		Mely Caballero-Anthony
 Chapter 11	South Asia: Contributors of Global Significance
 		Dipankar Banerjee
 Chapter 12	The Greater Middle East: Problems of Priorities and Agendas
 		Paul R. Pillar	
 Conclusion
 		Donald C. F. Daniel 
 Contributors
 
 
 
Illustrations
 Tables
 1.1	Number of Peacekeeping Operations, by Actor and Conflict, 1948¿2005
 1.2	Top Ten Contributors to UN Peacekeeping Operations, 1991¿2005
 2.1	Percentages for Traits and Regions
 2.2	Designated Contributor Matrix
 2.3	Proportion of Potential Contributors by Trait that are DCs
 2.4	Year by Year Mean Scores and Moving Averages
 2.5	Notable Rising Contributors
 2.A	Appendix A: National Profiles Database
 3.1	Comparing Ground Force Pools and Percentages Deployed 2001, 2003, 2006
 3.2	Peace Operations Tasks
 3.3	Simplified Listing of Factors for Assessing the Level of Difficulty of Generic Peace Operations
 3.4	Illustrative Force Packages by Mission Type
 9.1	Latam Armed Forces/Police-Selected Data
 11.1	South Asia¿s Current Contribution to Global Peacekeeping
 11.2	South Asia¿s Contributions to UN Peacekeeping Operations Since 2001
 11.3	South Asian Military Strengths
 
 Figures
 1.1	Trends in Peacekeeping Operations, 1948¿2005
 1.2	Trends in Peacekeeping Operations, Interstate Conflicts 1948¿2005
 1.3	Trends in Peacekeeping Operations, Intrastate Conflicts 1948¿2005
 1.4	Trends in Number of Peacekeepers, 1948¿2005
 1.5	Trends in TCCs, 1970¿2005
 1.6	Trends in TCC Relative to Wealth, 1970¿2005
 1.7	Wealth and Personnel Contributions to UN Peacekeeping, 1991¿2005
 2.1	Comparing DC, NNC, HIS, LIS, and NRC Mean Scores
 3.1	Quantitative Distribution of Active Ground Forces, 2006
 3.2	Qualitative Ground Forces Distribution