ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses how transnational operations can be understood in terms of the conflict parameters: mandate, conflict intensity, operational environment, consent, and relative force composition and strength. The chapter is divided into three main parts. The first part examines what the transnational dynamics of conflict are. The second part presents developments in the legal framework affecting the possibility of obtaining a mandate for international intervention. Third part explores current operations to assess state-of-the-art mechanisms to address issues on both sides of an international border. The UN and the international community are slowly improving their skills and arsenal of techniques to cope with transnational challenges. The (United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) MONUSCO operation in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reveals that there is an array of possible ways to influence across an international border without a direct mandate.
