Australian unarmed peacekeepers on Bougainville, 1997-2003
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Article Title | Australian unarmed peacekeepers on Bougainville, 1997-2003 |
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ERA Journal ID | 36187 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Gehrmann, Richard (Author), Grant, Matt (Author) and Rose, Samantha (Author) |
Journal Title | Peace Review: a journal of social justice |
Journal Citation | 27 (1), pp. 52-60 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | London, United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1040-2659 |
1469-9982 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2015.1000192 |
Abstract | This paper examines the Bougainville peacekeeping operation in Papua New Guinea from an Australian perspective as an unarmed peace operation, highlighting the challenges and impacts of community engagement, and the pivotal role of Bougainville women who were significant as unarmed civilians in negotiating peace. This paper's scope is largely on the experience of Australians as unarmed peace keepers, although the significant contribution of New Zealander, Fijian and ni-Vanuatu personnel is acknowledged, as is the agency of Bougainville people in facilitating peace. This highly successful peacekeeping operation was an unconventional one that linked civilians and the military in a demonstration that showed how unarmed civilian peacekeepers working beside their unarmed military counterparts could achieve success in a conflict zone by using their combined military and civilian skills to successfully facilitate conflict resolution and attitudinal change. |
Keywords | unarmed peacekeeping; peacebuilding; Bougainville; Papua New Guinea; civil-military cooperation; Australian Defence Force |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440808. International relations |
451308. Pacific Peoples history | |
440804. Defence studies | |
Public Notes | Copyright 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Permanent restricted access to published version due to publisher copyright policy. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Arts and Communication |
Queensland University of Technology | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2y37/australian-unarmed-peacekeepers-on-bougainville-1997-2003
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