THE QUESTION

Do such international peacekeeping forces make a lasting difference or are they stopgaps that leave underlying problems unaddressed?

Posted by David Ignatius on July 18, 2006 3:00 PM

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Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff is a Senior Director at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a transatlantic public policy and grant-making foundation. He overseas the fund's policy programs. He was previously the Washington bureau chief of the German newsweekly, Die Zeit.

Ready for a Protectorate?

Germany -- The other day I met a man who believes an international force in southern Lebanon could do some good. His name is Lokman Slim, a democracy activist, author and filmmaker from Lebanon....

Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff Germany | 3 COMMENTS
Jul 20, 2006 at 1:00 PM
Leon Krauze is a Mexican blogger and a founder of letraslibres.com.

U.N. Boots and U.N. Ideas

Leon Krauze Mexico | 0 COMMENTS
Michael Young is the Opinion Editor and a columnist for Lebanon’s The Daily Star newspaper. He is also a contributing editor and contributor at Reason magazine, where he writes bi-weely articles.

Then a Stopgap It Is

Michael Young Beirut, Lebanon | 4 COMMENTS
Daoud Kuttab is a Palestinian journalist. He was born in Jerusalem in 1955. He is a former Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University in the United States. Mr. Kuttab is the former director of the Institute of Modern Media at Al Quds University in Ramallah, Palestine and the founder of AmmanNet, the Arab world's first internet radio station. His personal web page is www.daoudkuttab.com.

Peacekeepers Need a Peace Plan

Daoud Kuttab Jerusalem/Amman, Jordan | 4 COMMENTS
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