Peacekeeping at sea? a case study of the maritime task force in Lebanon
Since the end of the Cold War, naval forces have becomemore and more important to peacekeeping and conflictmanagement efforts, a novelty whose best example isthe Maritime Task Force (MTF) established within theUnited Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Theobjective of this work is to present...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Escola de Guerra Naval (EGN) |
| Repositorio: | Revista da Escola de Guerra Naval (Ed. Português. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs3.localhost:article/4522 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.portaldeperiodicos.marinha.mil.br/index.php/revistadaegn/article/view/4522 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | UNIFIL-MTF peacekeeping maritime interdiction Brazil |
| Sumario: | Since the end of the Cold War, naval forces have becomemore and more important to peacekeeping and conflictmanagement efforts, a novelty whose best example isthe Maritime Task Force (MTF) established within theUnited Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Theobjective of this work is to present the potentialities of theemployment of naval forces in peace operations to fulfiltheir mandates through the case study of UNIFIL-MTF,emphasizing the role played by Brazil and how it boosts thecountry’s projection in international peace and security.Using the operational concepts of “maritime interdiction”and “peacekeeping”, this paper presents an overview ofthe utility of naval forces in peace operations in general,a brief background of the 2006 conflict in Lebanon, theperformance of UNIFIL-MTF and the importance ofthe Task Force to the Brazilian participation in peaceoperations. The main contribution of this research is tofill a gap in the existing literature on the issue, which hasvery few updated titles dedicated to this subject |
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