Does Military Intervention Work?
Peacekeeping initiatives in post-conflict countries are expensive and complex, and the war in Iraq has undermined rich nations’ belief in their likely success. But, used as one part of a package that includes aid and limits military spending, peacekeeping initiatives remain an effective way to stabilize fragile nations and reduce the suffering of the world’s most vulnerable people.
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OXFORD – Because peacekeeping initiatives in post-conflict countries are expensive and complex, and because the war in Iraq has undermined rich nations’ belief in their likely success, a dispassionate look at the use of military intervention is timely. A new study for the Copenhagen Consensus project that includes the first ever cost-benefit analysis of United Nations peacekeeping initiatives concludes that military might is an important tool for reducing bloodshed around the world.