Introductory lecture to the discipline of International Relations by Dr Patrick Theiner, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Recorded in late 2020.
== Timestamps ==
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Recap UN origins
01:46 - Peacekeeping in the UN Charter
06:03 - What is peacekeeping
08:09 - Where does peacekeeping happen
09:18 - Peacekeeping characteristics
10:18 - Who sends peacekeepers
14:01 - Traditional peacekeeping missions
17:44 - Sovereignty vs. human rights
21:33 - Second-generation peacekeeping
23:26 - Problem case: Bosnia
26:59 - Problem case: Rwanda
30:08 - Problem case: Somalia
31:53 - Successes
34:14 - Learning from success and failure
36:43 - Responsibility to Protect
41:02 - Development of R2P
43:21 - Criticism of R2P
46:33 - Peacekeepers as a problem
48:00 - The future of peacekeeping?
