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The current challenges and potential future of peacekeeping in an increasingly complex world take center stage in this far-reaching collection.§§Contributors advance a nuanced picture of post-conflict environments across different areas of the globe while considering possible deployments of peacekeeping, traditional military and UN forces in semi-autonomous complementary roles. Longstanding debate topics such as the need for a standing UN army and the field implementation of global right-to-protect concepts are discussed, as are emerging ideas in civilian protection, atrocity prevention and balancing triage operations with long-term peacebuilding efforts. Other dispatches chronicle key issues and concerns regarding peacekeeping operations in Brazil, China and diverse regions of Africa.§§Included in the coverage:§§Protecting strangers: reflections on a cosmopolitan peacekeeping capacity. §Towards a standing UN force for peacekeeping.§Challenges posed by intervention brigades and other coercive measures in support of the protection of civilians.§Addressing the criminal accountability of peacekeepers.§The evolution of China s role in peacekeeping and atrocity crime prevention.§Businesses and investors as stakeholders in atrocity crime prevention. §Multiple viewpoints, a global scope and real-world clarity make Perspectives on Peacekeeping and Atrocity Prevention an invaluable resource to advance the work of humanitarians, criminologists and students of and professionals in international relations.§
