A history of colonial legacies in United Nations peacekeeping from 1945â 1971, focusing on the influence of UN staff deployed to conflicts in the Global South. Margot Tudor identifies the unexplored colonial structures, racial prejudices, and organisational politics that shaped UN peacekeeping practices during the instability of decolonisation.
A history of colonial legacies in United Nations peacekeeping from 1945â 1971, focusing on the influence of UN staff deployed to conflicts in the Global South. Margot Tudor identifies the unexplored colonial structures, racial prejudices, and organisational politics that shaped UN peacekeeping practices during the instability of decolonisation.
Margot Tudor is a postdoctoral research fellow at University of Exeter. She won the BISA Michael Nicolson Thesis Prize in 2021 and her article, 'Gatekeepers to Decolonisation', won the ISA History Section's Merze Tate Award in 2022.
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Introduction; 1. Testing the waters, 1945 1955; 2. Reckoning with Suez, 1956 1959; 3. Imperial aspirations, 1960 1961; 4. Obstructing self-determination, 1962 1963; 5. From stagnation to insignificance, 1964 1971; Conclusion.