Timur Goksel

Retired senior advisor, UNIFIL

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Retired Senior Advisor who spent 24 years with UNIFIL in Southern Lebanon; Instructor of Political Science at the American University of Beirut

Timur Goksel on KCRW

As the United Nations wrangles over the peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, the big question is whether there will be enough troops to enforce the ceasefire before it collapses.

The Politics of Peacekeeping

As the United Nations wrangles over the peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, the big question is whether there will be enough troops to enforce the ceasefire before it collapses.

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France is not the only nation in Europe with cold feet about sending troops to southern Lebanon.  Italy, Spain and Finland want to know if the rules of engagement will require their…

The Politics of Peacekeeping

France is not the only nation in Europe with cold feet about sending troops to southern Lebanon.  Italy, Spain and Finland want to know if the rules of engagement will require their…

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