Is UN Peacekeeping Effectiveness “High”? The Impacts of Drug Trafficking on UN Peacekeeping Effectiveness

• In Event: Causes, Consequences, and Responses to Criminal Violence

Brief Overview

Illicit drug profits fund non-state actors’ motives, which contributes to increases in violence and length of conflicts. Thus, these illicit profits fund actions that undermine peacekeepers’ abilities to reduce violence and protect civilians.

Authors

• Hannah Brunier, Illinois State University

• Michael S. Hendricks, Illinois State University

• Bryce Wesley Reeder, University of Missouri