Keeping Watch
Monitoring Technology and Innovation in UN Peace Operations
Published on 30. July 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-92-808-1198-8 (ISBN)
Description
Knowledge is power. In the hands of United Nations peacekeepers, it can be a power for peace. Lacking knowledge, peacekeepers often find themselves powerless in the field, unable to protect themselves and others. This book explains how technologies can increase the range, effectiveness and accuracy of United Nations observation. It also identifies potential problems and pitfalls with modern technologies and the challenges to incorporate them into the United Nations system. It examines the few cases of technologies effectively harnessed in the field and offers creative recommendations to overcome the institutional inertia and widespread misunderstandings about how technology can complement human initiative in the quest for peace in war-torn lands.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Tokyo
Japan
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-92-808-1198-8 (9789280811988)
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Person
A. Walter Dorn teaches military officers and civilians at the Canadian Forces College (CFC) and at the Royal Military College of Canada. He is an associate professor of defense studies and chair of the Department of Security and International Affairs at CFC. He has both studied and served on UN peace operations, and he has worked as a consultant to the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations.