Armies Cooperation in International Military Peace Operations

The current paper presents the results of an empirical research conducted for the Spanish Army in the context of an international project. We will discuss from a descriptive, analytical and theoretical framework the Spanish Army relations with other armies (Turkey, Philipines, Italy, Denmark, Bulgary, South Korea, South Africa, Slovenia) in different Peace Operations and International missions (Lebanon, Afganistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Irak…). The results will mainly hightlight the following key issues: (i) the different positive and negative experiences maintained in the missions (ii) the cultural barrieres found during the interaction between armies (iii) proposals for working in multicultural environments (iv) main theoretical implications that help us to propose lessons learned for other scenarios of international missions.