peacekeeping
noun
peace·keep·ing
ˈpēs-ˌkē-piŋ 
: the preserving of peace
especially
: international enforcement and supervision of a truce between hostile states or communities
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Defense spending might be reduced, and the military could be reoriented towards humanitarian and peacekeeping missions.
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Steven Delco, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2024
Neither are comparatively small peacekeeping missions.
—Jason K. Stearns, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2024
By comparison, the last U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti had as many as 6,700 troops.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 June 2024
Among those kidnapped were William Higgins, a U.S. Marine colonel working for a United Nations peacekeeping force, and William Buckley, the C.I.A. station chief; both were tortured and killed.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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Steven Delco, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2024
Neither are comparatively small peacekeeping missions.
—Jason K. Stearns, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2024
By comparison, the last U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti had as many as 6,700 troops.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 June 2024
Among those kidnapped were William Higgins, a U.S. Marine colonel working for a United Nations peacekeeping force, and William Buckley, the C.I.A. station chief; both were tortured and killed.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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peacekeeping
noun
peace·keep·ing
ˈpē-ˌskē-piŋ
: the enforcing of a truce between countries or groups by an international military force
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