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About the author

Joachim Koops is Dean, Academic Director of European Peace and Security Studies (EPSS) and Associate Professor of Political Science at the Vesalius College, Brussels, Belgium.Christof Tatschl is Director of the Global Governance Institute and a Senior Expert in the Peace and Security Section, Brussels, Belgium.

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of SHIRBRIG's (The Standby High-Readiness Brigade) activities, impact and limitations and places it in a wider historical and political context.

The volume not only assesses the brigade's operational and conceptual contributions to UN Peacekeeping and African Capacity-Building, but also provides an analysis of the reasons and political manoeuvrings behind SHIRBRIG's closure.

Foreword

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of SHIRBRIG's (The Standby High-Readiness Brigade) activities, impact and limitations and places it in a wider historical and political context.

Product details

• Authors: Joachim Koops, Koops Joachim, Christof Tatschl, Tatschl Christof
• Publisher: Black A&C Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 18.06.2015, delayed
• EAN: 9781474225090
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-2509-0
• Series: The United Nations and Global Change; The United Nations and Global Change
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Politics and government, Peacekeeping operations, United Nations & Un Agencies