UN Peacekeeping Architecture in Arab-Israeli Conflict Examined for Future Stability
A new book, 'The UN’s Multidimensional Approach to the Israel-Arab Conflict, 1967–1982: An Architecture for Peace,' by Diego Salama, Research Associate at Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs, analyzes the historical role of the United Nations in managing the Arab-Israeli conflict. Drawing on previously classified archival material, Salama examines how four UN operations—UNTSO, UNEF II, UNDOF, and UNIFIL—developed into an interconnected regional peacekeeping system. The book highlights their operational achievements, institutional limitations, and capacity for innovation, treating them not as isolated deployments but as components of a deliberately managed regional system. Salama argues that the UN's institutional memory, established relationships, and operational experience remain essential assets for addressing the region's future, even as its structures require reform and renewed strategic direction. The analysis comes at a time of intense regional instability, including ongoing ...