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A Tentative First Look at Options for Peace Operations in Ukraine
With the war in Ukraine raging, and no sign of an exit in view, a Polish peacekeeping proposal is unlikely to gather steam.
But it is not too early for policymakers to start thinking about what tasks a future peace operation might undertake.
- Richard Gowan
- ICG
Prior to this week’s NATO summit in Brussels, Poland stirred up discussions of sending an international peacekeeping force to Ukraine.
The concept, which Polish officials have emphasised is at a “preliminary” stage, is to deploy a force that could assist with humanitarian operations and would be robust enough to defend itself in combat.
The proposal is unlikely to gain traction since, like the idea of a…