Dennis Jett
Dean, International Center, University of Florida
Dennis Jett served as U.S. Ambassador to Mozambique and Peru. He is Dean of the International Center at the University of Florida and author of Why Peacekeeping Fails, published by St. Martin’s Press. The following is excerpted with permission from a September 1, 2000, article in the Christian Science Monitor titled "Why UN Can’t Keep Peace." A United Nations commission headed by the former foreign minister of Algeria, Lakhdar Brahimi, put out a refreshingly honest report last week on how the UN can do a better job at peacekeeping. Given the level of human suffering in places like Sierra Leone,…
