Keeping the Peace with Guns: Conflict in the Central African Republic
Top of Mind with Julie Rose
US Politics, Weaponized Insects, UN Peacekeeping, Carbonated Ice Cream
Episode: US Politics, Weaponized Insects, UN Peacekeeping, Carbonated Ice Cream
- Oct 11, 2018 11:00 pm
- 11:55 mins
Guest: Louisa Lombard, PhD, Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Yale University In fourteen fractured countries spanning four regions of the globe, thousands of UN peacekeepers wearing blue helmets are monitoring elections, protecting civilians from violence and aiding international efforts to end conflict. But how, exactly, do they do that? And how effective are they?