Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. There are several potential reasons for countries to participate in peacekeeping.

The Biden administration is dropping its push to have the Kenya-led security mission in Haiti transformed into a formal United Nations peacekeeping operation — at least for now. Language about any ...

A Kenyan police officer, part of a U.N.-backed multinational force, patrols a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in December 2024. AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph For decades, the United Nations has intervened ...

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BERLIN (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told countries that the world body’s peacekeeping operation is “only as strong as member states’ commitment to it” as he pleaded with them Tuesday ...

WASHINGTON — The Russian government issued its strongest statement yet Wednesday against a provisional cease-fire agreed by the US and Ukraine a day earlier following marathon talks in Saudi Arabia.

Bucharest is willing to lend its critical military infrastructure to any post-war peacekeeping effort in Ukraine. US support for a European-led peacekeeping mission in Ukraine is essential to securing ...

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made public what has been known privately for a while now: The United Kingdom will deploy troops as part of a non-NATO peacekeeping force designed to preserve any ...

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, and as part of its 75th anniversary initiative (UN75), United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is hosting the 75 for UN75: 75 ...

With little progress in post-war negotiations over an array of areas, a new report by the International Crisis Group warned Armenia and Azerbaijan could resume hostilities. On May 14, Armenia’s ...

Over the last thirty years, China’s involvement in peacekeeping has grown dramatically. In 1990, China provided only five personnel in total to all peacekeeping operations. Just three decades later, ...