The Primacy of Politics at the Local Level in UN Peace Operations - International Peace Institute

The Primacy of Politics at the Local Level in UN Peace Operations - International Peace Institute

The “primacy of politics” has become a central tenet of UN peacekeeping. This reflects a broad recognition that peacekeeping operations should be deployed in support of a political solution to conflict. In practice, however, the primacy of politics is often narrowly understood as referring to formal, national-level political processes. This overlooks the fact that politics also happens at the local level, both formally and informally. It is crit…