01246nam a22001577a 4500 530017 530017 250521b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Gilder, Alexander 53630 Learning from United Nations Multimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali's Entanglement in Counterterrorism U.S.I. Journal 155(639), Jan-Mar, 2025: p.176-187 As the United Nations (UN) and others reflect on the legacy of the recently closed UN Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Mali (MNUSMA), this article discusses one of the more controversial aspects of MNUSMA's deployment-namely, the mission's direct and indirect involvement in efforts to counter terrorism in the Sahel. The article first outline how the mission navigated a complex operating environment in which other actors sought to defeat terrorism through the use of offensive force. It then suggests that in the future, UN peace operations should step away from providing support for counterterrorism activities. United Nations (UN), UN Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Mali (MNUSMA), UN peace operations, Counterterrorism activities. 53631 UNITED NATIONS AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 405214 IIPA IIPA 2025-05-21 AR135845 2025-05-21 AR