Military force is considered essentially a non-military pursuit in international relations, specifically, humanitarian intervention and peacebuilding

Natalie Mychajlyszyn is currently a Senior Program Manager of Research Development at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Canada. Her previous position was Assistant Professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Timothy M. Shaw is Professor of Commonwealth Governance and Development, and Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK.

Contents: List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction, Natalie Mychajlyszyn; International politics, local conflicts and intervention, S. Neil MacFarlane; Human insecurity and problematic peacekeeping in Africa: beyond 'Blood Diamonds' and HIV/AIDS, Timothy M. Shaw; Short-term gain, long-term pain: an assessment of United Nations chapter VII activities in Central Africa, Robert Astroff and David Meren; Twisting one arm: the effects of biased intervenors, David Carment and Dane Rowlands; Twisting arms or shaking hands? how to put peacekeepers out of business, David Last; Strange bedfellows in humanitarian crises: NGOs and the military, Donna Winslow; Conclusion: dilemmas of peacekeeping at the start of the twenty-first century, Timothy M. Shaw and Natalie Mychajlyszyn; Bibliography; Index.