International Relations 101 Full Course - International Relations 101: How Do Peacekeeping and Peacemaking Work?

Third parties play an integral role in making and keeping the peace between two otherwise warring actors. This lecture explains how those third parties actually do it, drawing on many of the central lessons from throughout the course. 0:00 Peacekeeping versus Peacemaking 0:50 Security Guarantees 1:44 Mediation 2:00 Shuttle Diplomacy 3:00 Information Provision 5:57 Preference Alignment 6:44 Verifiable Information 7:47 Peace Subsidies 8:43 Monitoring Disarmament 11:46 Monitoring Agreements 14:09 Reducing First-Strike Advantages Photo of the United Nations licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Generic: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Photo of the Korean Demilitarized Zone licensed under CC BY 2.5 Generic: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/