peacekeeping
noun
peace·keep·ing
ˈpēs-ˌkē-piŋ 
: the preserving of peace
especially
: international enforcement and supervision of a truce between hostile states or communities
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The Kremlin has drawn red lines on the future architecture of Ukrainian security, rejecting plans by Kyiv’s allies to deploy peacekeeping troops from NATO nations when the war is over.
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Despite a peacekeeping force, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale military offensive on the sovereign territory in September 2023, which led to the displacement of nearly the entire Artsakh population, some 120,000, to Armenia.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
It was founded by Gina and Marc Smith, an Army veteran of the 1990s peacekeeping mission in Bosnia.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
There is no stabilization force, no peacekeeping presence, no mechanism to prevent armed groups from settling their differences with bullets rather than ballots.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Despite a peacekeeping force, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale military offensive on the sovereign territory in September 2023, which led to the displacement of nearly the entire Artsakh population, some 120,000, to Armenia.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
It was founded by Gina and Marc Smith, an Army veteran of the 1990s peacekeeping mission in Bosnia.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
There is no stabilization force, no peacekeeping presence, no mechanism to prevent armed groups from settling their differences with bullets rather than ballots.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
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peacekeeping
noun
peace·keep·ing
ˈpē-ˌskē-piŋ
: the enforcing of a truce between countries or groups by an international military force
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