Peace Support Operations and the U.S. Military

The role of the United Nations as the major international organization chartered to preserve peace and discourage aggression has broadened steadily since the Cold War ended. Regional security concerns are concomitantly replacing global ones as the superpower standoff fades from the world stage. The role of the military—particularly the United States military—is changing both to support UN efforts and to meet a spurt of regional instabilities that could affect U.S. national interests.
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