Deck 13: Conventional Power and Contemporary Warfare, John Ferris

Question 1

The demand for peacekeeping missions skyrocketed after the end of the cold war.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which major operation(s) or event(s) had the greatest impact on peacekeeping discourse and thought?

A) Somalia
B) Bosnia
C) Rwanda
D) All the options given are correct.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

According to Sheena Chestnut Greitens in chapter 15 of Strategy in the Contemporary World, the war in Bosnia dragged on during the early 1990s, despite the presence of the large UN peacekeeping force, because the UN refused to use force against Serb spoilers.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

As of January 2021, approximately how many peacekeepers were deployed on missions?

A) 25,000
B) 85,000
C) 150,000
D) 300,000

Question 5

Although peacekeeping missions must be approved by the Security Council, they rarely fall victim to great power politics.

Question 6

The _______ refers to the belief that television coverage of human suffering produces a public demand for intervention.

A) tragedy effect
B) CNN effect
C) bodybag effect
D) None of the options given is correct.

Question 7

Peace operations often breach the four main principles of war (clear identification of the objective, unity of effort, massing of forces, and surprise).

Question 8

Which of the following does Sheena Chestnut Greitens not list as a 'pathology' that may be produced by political concern over public opinion in peace operations in chapter 15 of Strategy in the Contemporary World?

A) Strategic compression of the battlefield
B) Operational focus on force protection
C) Failure to recognize sunk costs
D) Over-reliance on air power

Question 9

Which of the following cases marked the first time the UN authorized the use of force to protect civilians against the wishes of a functional 'host' state?

A) Libya, 2011
B) Sierra Leone, 1999
C) Rwanda, 1994
D) Bosnia, 1995

Question 10

Which of the following problems may hinder the ability of the UN Security Council to respond to a humanitarian crisis in a timely and effective manner?

A) The 'logrolling problem'
B) The 'posturing problem'
C) The 'veto problem'
D) All the given answers are correct.