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Valid assessments of peace operations are essential for policymakers designing effective strategies and actions. Yet accurate evaluations can be difficult and are compounded by several limitations. This chapter begins with a specification of various considerations that go into the process of creating benchmarks or criteria for success and failure in peace operations: (1) multiple operations, (2) multiple missions, (3) multiple stakeholders, (4) time frames, and (5) baselines. Following this is a brief overview of the primary approaches used in analysis for determining peace operation success; these focus on limiting violence and are assessed by reference to any renewal of warfare and civilian casualties, among other indicators. Finally, the chapter explores some alternatives that go beyond the modal approaches. These deal with other peace operation missions such as the...
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Diehl, P.F., Druckman, D. (2019). Assessment of Peace Operations. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11795-5_29-1
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