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Balas, Alexandru

Alexandru Balas is Associate Professor and Coordinator of the International Studies Program and the Director of the Clark Center for Global Engagement at SUNY Cortland. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2011) and his MA in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Sabanci University (2006). His books include The Puzzle of Peace: The Evolution of Peace in the International System (2016), Peace Operations (2014) and Muslims in Europe: The European Union Solving Social Conflicts (2008).

Sharing the Burden of Peace</a>

Sharing the Burden of Peace

Most peace operations (60%) were deployed in conflicts in which other international organizations’ peace operations were active at the same time. Multiple simultaneous peace operations increased from around 10% of all peace operations in 1992 to almost 60% of all peace operations.