National interests come before the common goal in UN peace operations

It is a typical assumption that the main common goal of UN peace operations is to permanently stabilise a country. However, DIIS-researchers Peter Alexander Albrecht and Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde argue that national interests among troop-contributing countries play a huge role in shaping the coherence of missions. In this article they explore just how this occurs by looking at peace support operations in Mali and Somalia.