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So Long, Farewell: Stabilization and the Exit of UN Peacekeeping
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So Long, Farewell: Stabilization and the Exit of UN Peacekeeping

The ambitious multidimensional UN peace operations of the early post-Cold War decades are over, supplanted by bare bones, securitized efforts that give short shrift to liberal goals of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.

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By Eugene Chen
Published on Feb 3, 2026
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Eugene Chen
United Nations

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