With so much focus on Islamic State and the conflict in Syria and Iraq, it is easy to forget the more than 100,000 peacekeepers serving in sixteen active United Nations peacekeeping operations. They play a vital role in stabilizing protracted conflicts on four different continents. Peacekeeping operations encompass four types of activities: Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, Peace Enforcement, and Peacebuilding. The first UN peacekeeping operation took place […]