20.12.07
New partners, new possibilities
The evolution of inter-organizational security cooperation in international peace operations
NUPI-rapport | Oslo, Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt | 31 sider
Rapporten diskuterer den økende graden av samarbeid mellom internasjonale sikkerhetsorganisasjoner i fredsoperasjoner de senere år.
Rapporten inngår i rapportserien Security in Practice.
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This report discusses the emergent trend of inter-organizational security cooperation in international peace operations. It takes a closer look at bilateral collaboration among the ‘big four’ security organizations of today – the UN, NATO, the EU and the AU – identifying evolutionary phases and underlying motives for such cooperation as well as lessons learned from the field thus far. Three general observations can be made. First, it seems clear that, once initiated, inter-organizational security partnerships are rarely reversed. A tentative conclusion may therefore be that the evolution of inter-organizational cooperation involves a certain degree of path-dependency. Secondly, the motives for inter-organizational security cooperation can be of both a materialist and an ideational nature. Materialist motives like organizational survival, neutralizing competition and resource dependence are all important rationales for international security organizations to enter into collaboration with one another. In addition, ideational motives such as legitimization, shared values and organizational learning seem to help in justifying and validating such relationships. Thirdly, lessons learned from inter-organizational security cooperation in the field so far include the need to clarify the content and duration of mission mandates; establish better practices for communication and information-sharing; ensure respect for one another’s organizational identities, values and working procedures; and increase the willingness to adjust to one another prior to, during, and in the aftermath of cooperation in the field.
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