Replication Data for: Extra-territorial interventions in conflict spaces: Explaining the geographies of post-Cold War peacekeeping (with Richard Perkins), Political Geography, 27 (8), 2008, pp. 895-914

The period since the end of the Cold War has presided over a dramatic expansion in the number of multilateral peacekeeping operations (PKOs). Yet individual states have varied significantly in their enthusiasm for peacekeeping and, moreover, demonstrated a greater propensity to participate in operations located in certain countries than others. Our contribution in the present paper is to provide new insights into how geography underpins these spatial variations. Uniquely, we make use of a geographically disaggregated dataset of multilateral PKOs, which allows us to capture various dyadic linkages between sending and receiving countries. Our results confirm previous work indicating that more democratic countries are more likely to participate in PKOs, but extend these findings by showing that countries’ commitment to human rights has a similar positive influence. We also show that aspects of spatial proximity (physical distance, same region) and relational proximity (colonial ties) between potential sending and receiving states raise the likelihood of participation. Yet we find that two relational variables widely discussed in the literature as possible correlates of peaceful interactions - bilateral trade and joint membership of intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) - have no statistically discernable influence on countries’ involvement in particular PKOs.

冷战结束至今，多边维和行动（multilateral peacekeeping operations，PKOs）的数量实现了大幅扩张。然而，各国参与维和行动的热情存在显著差异，且更倾向于参与特定国家境内的维和行动，而非其他区域。本文的研究贡献在于，为地理因素如何塑造这种空间参与差异提供了全新的洞见。本研究独具特色地采用了一套地理细分的多边维和行动数据集，借此能够捕捉派遣国与接收国之间的各类双边关联。研究结果验证了此前的相关研究结论：民主程度更高的国家更倾向于参与维和行动；同时进一步拓展了现有发现，表明一国对人权的恪守同样会产生积极的正向影响。此外，研究还发现，潜在派遣国与接收国之间的空间邻近性（物理距离、同属一个区域）以及关系邻近性（殖民联系），均会提升一国参与特定维和行动的概率。但本文同时发现，文献中广泛讨论的、被认为可能与和平互动相关的两个关系变量——双边贸易与政府间国际组织（intergovernmental organisations，IGOs）联合成员资格——对各国参与特定维和行动并未产生具有统计显著性的影响。