Keeping the Peace with Guns: Conflict in the Central African Republic

Keeping the Peace with Guns: Conflict in the Central African Republic

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 919 , Segment 3

US Politics, Weaponized Insects, UN Peacekeeping, Carbonated Ice Cream

Episode: US Politics, Weaponized Insects, UN Peacekeeping, Carbonated Ice Cream

  • Oct 11, 2018 11:00 pm
  • 11:55

Guest: Louisa Lombard, PhD, Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Yale University In fourteen fractured countries spanning four regions of the globe, thousands of UN peacekeepers wearing blue helmets are monitoring elections, protecting civilians from violence and aiding international efforts to end conflict. But how, exactly, do they do that? And how effective are they?