Wednesday, May 21, 2003

Training peacekeepers (only non-Americans need apply)

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Lorelei Kelly and Ian Davis: Training peacekeepers (only non-Americans need apply)
As the US military grapples with the most ambitious peacekeeping and nation-building operation in 50 years, you might think that planners in the Pentagon are looking at ways to increase resources that support peacekeeping and peace enforcement. Well, you would be mistaken. The Department of Defense has just decided to eliminate its only institute devoted to such operations: the Peacekeeping Institute at the US Army War College in Pennsylvania. The Institute will close in October.

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