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Getting Out and Afterwards

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Given the variety of conditions and challenges that confront peacekeepers, there is no standard definition of success. Diehl notes that one way to define success is the fulfillment of the PKO’s mandate. He points out, however, that mandates are vague and focusing on them exclusively ignores the common purposes of PKOs and limits comparisons between them. He believes better indicators of success are whether the PKO limited or prevented hostilities and succeeded at conflict resolution.1

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Jett, D.C. (1999). Getting Out and Afterwards. In: Why Peacekeeping Fails. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780312292744_8

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