THE HERITAGE OF EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY IN MULTIDIMENSIONAL PEACE OPERATIONS: LIBERIA AS A CASE STUDY

Authors

  • Matheus de Abreu Costa Souza Mestrando pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/cg.v7i2.60116

Abstract

The present paper has as its central objective to analyze United Nations (UN) peace operations as a form of creating post-conflict States that carries a series of institutions that underpins what is understood as the International Society, firstly consolidated by European states in previous centuries. I rely on English School’s historical perspective on International Society in order to demonstrate the transmission of certain institutions through multidimensional peace operations, briefly exposing the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) case. By analyzing some primary documents concerning the mission that took place in Liberia, it is possible to infer that UN multidimensional peace operations promotes institutions built within a European and Western international order.

Key words: English School; International Society; Peace Operations; United Nations; UNMIL.

Author Biography

Matheus de Abreu Costa Souza, Mestrando pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG)

Mestrando em Relações Internacionais pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG) e bacharel em Relações Internacionais pela mesma instituição. Atua como membro do conselho executivo dos periódicos do Departamento de Relações Internacionais da universidade, que são: Conjuntura Internacional, Estudos Internacionais e Fronteira. É membro do corpo editorial do Conjuntura Internacional (blog), auxiliando os alunos da graduação no processo de redação de análises conjunturais. É membro da Associação Brasileira de Relações Internacionais (ABRI) e da International Studies Association (ISA), e das seguintes seções da ISA: English School Section (ENGSS), International Security Studies Section (ISSS) e Peace Studies Section (PEACE).

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2018-09-28

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Souza, M. de A. C. (2018). THE HERITAGE OF EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY IN MULTIDIMENSIONAL PEACE OPERATIONS: LIBERIA AS A CASE STUDY. Conjuntura Global, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/cg.v7i2.60116

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