U.S. Support for UN Peacekeeping - Nancy Soderberg - Bog

Over the last decade, and particularly following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Pentagon has increasingly viewed failed states, also referred to as "under- or ungoverned spaces," as a threat to U.S. national security and recognized the importance of peacekeeping to U.S. interests. As one senior defense official put it," the U.S. government is committed to making peacekeeping work.