THEME FOR OPEN AND NOVICE FINALS: IR

In the status quo, U.N. interventions are peacekeeping missions which entail very limited rules of engagement, minimal armament for self-protection and strict minimal limitations on the amount of arm-bearing individuals in the force. For the purposes of this debate, armed peacekeeping interventions entail permitting peacekeepers to engage in protection of civil populations offensively, and the large-scale inclusion of armed military forces.