peacekeeping post cold war

Although the end of the Cold War meant the end to the USSR’s hold on Eastern and Central Europe, conflicts in other regions around the world did not end.In fact, it may be argued, simmering issues in Central America and the Persian Gulf exacerbated between 1989-91.With your readings on the First Gulf War and the intervention in Central America, what are the three most important lessons that we’ve learned for peacekeeping operations from these early post-Cold War interventions?What has worked, what has not?Why?

Try organizing your initial post using a thesis statement – which is the answer to the question with reasons why.There is no right or wrong answer, only your unique argument.For each reason, provide evidence from the readings and videos to support your answers.Make sure you link what you’ve read for the week to your answer in the discussion question.We try to make the discussion questions quite broad so that you may bring into focus areas that interest you.