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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Once that demand is met, the plan calls for a gradual process where a multinational Arab and Muslim peacekeeping force enters Gaza while Israeli forces withdraw.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Experts say a key to peacekeeping missions working is the logistics and the administration and the support that is behind the forces that are actually on the ground.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Convenient scapegoat The council is widely considered unreformable because neither America nor Russia and China would ever contemplate giving up the veto privilege that gums up what could be an international peacekeeping organ.
—Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The council is widely considered unreformable because neither America nor Russia and China would ever contemplate giving up the veto privilege that gums up what could be an international peacekeeping organ.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Experts say a key to peacekeeping missions working is the logistics and the administration and the support that is behind the forces that are actually on the ground.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Convenient scapegoat The council is widely considered unreformable because neither America nor Russia and China would ever contemplate giving up the veto privilege that gums up what could be an international peacekeeping organ.
—Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The council is widely considered unreformable because neither America nor Russia and China would ever contemplate giving up the veto privilege that gums up what could be an international peacekeeping organ.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Peacekeeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peacekeeping. Accessed 3 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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