Information Intervention: UNTAC as a Model for Peacekeeping Information Operations
Thèses COTIPSO: Approuvé
Étudiant: Cain, Geoffrey
Date de réussite: Sep 2010
Conseiller de l'étudiant: Karl Farris
Un extrait de la thèse:
After the Cold War ended in 1991, a new style of multifunctional, “transitional” peacekeeping operations in countries like Cambodia and Namibia began relying on large information campaigns as a tool of soft power. Because peacekeeping forces during this period stepped beyond their traditional role acting as neutral military forces and observers to also administer elections, the UN needed to convince local people that they could vote without fear of retribution. It resorted to information operations that reached large swathes of populations and took control of local partisan-based news broadcasting. UN information officers created expansive radio, television and leaflet campaigns, and sent “mobile information teams” around these countries to educate people about voting.
