This article is intended to generate arguments to legitimise and rationalise international peace operations. Although some writers have discounted the usefulness of peace operations in mitigating international conflicts and the accompanying complex emergencies, the paper argues that ‘international intervention’ still represents a core instrument in the resolution of international conflicts. The justification for international peace operations is built on a number of compelling grounds, which include military cum strategic, political, humanitarian and economic. In conclusion, the paper points out that the values or benefits of international peace operations overbalance the possible objections or contradictions about them; without discounting the need to erect structures and regimes that will enhance peace operations and address the misgivings surrounding them. The paper relied principally on the secondary sources of data and thematic analysis.
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