The U.N. Mission in Syria: Heading for Heroic Failure?
Date Published:
May 15, 2012
When the United Nations sends peacekeepers to war zones, there are often excessive expectations about what they can achieve. By contrast, pessimism surrounds the U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS), which is supposed to oversee a ceasefire and create space for talks between the government of President Bashar al-Assad and its opponents.
Source Name:
World Politics Review
