European approaches to United Nations peacekeeping : towards a stronger re-engagement? / edited by Joachim A. Koops and Giulia Tercovich.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

European return to United Nations peacekeeping? Opportunities, challenges and ways ahead / Joachim A. Koops and Giulia Tercovich -- France : the unlikely return to UN peacekeeping / Thierry Tardy -- United Kingdom and United Nations peace operations / David Curran and Paul D. Williams -- Germany and United Nations peacekeeping : the cautiously evolving contributor / Joachim A. Koops -- Italy and UN peacekeeping : constant transformation / Giulia Tercovich -- Dutch return to UN peacekeeping? / Niels van Willigen -- Europe's return to UN peacekeeping? Opportunities, challenges and ways ahead : Ireland / Ray Murphy -- Denmark and UN peacekeeping : glorious past, dim future / Peter Viggo Jakobsen -- Sweden and the UN : a rekindled partnership for peacekeeping? / Claes Nilsson and Kristina Zetterlund -- Between self interest and solidarity : Norway's return to UN peacekeeping? / John Karlsrud and Kari M. Osland.

"This edited volume provides a comprehensive analysis of European approaches to United Nations peacekeeping by assessing past practice, present obstacles and future potentials related to nine core European countries' contributions to blue helmet operations. By providing in depth case studies on Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom, this book offers an evaluation of European approaches as well as a wide range of facilitating and constraining factors related to the above mentioned countries' future involvement in UN peacekeeping. The book places particular emphasis on the recent involvement of European countries in the UN operation in Mali (MINUSMA) and explores to what extent this experience might lead to further marked increases of European supplies of troops and capabilities and thus a broader 'European return' to UN peacekeeping"--Publisher's website.