Conflict prevention : path to peace or grand illusion? / edited by David Carment and Albrecht Schnabel.

ISBN:

9780585485607

9789280810813

9789280870404

Title:

Conflict prevention : path to peace or grand illusion? / edited by David Carment and Albrecht Schnabel.

Author:

Carment, David, 1959-

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 296 pages).

Series:

Foundations of peace

Contents:

Conflict prevention : taking stock / David Carment and Alfred Schnabel -- The realism of preventive statecraft / Bruce W. Jentleson -- Challenges to preventive action : the cases of Kosovo and Macedonia / Raimo Väyrynen -- Evaluating success and failure : conflict prevention in Bosnia and Cambodia / Andrea Kathryn Talentino -- Regional organisations and conflict prevention : CFSP and ESDI in Europe / Simon Duke -- A good idea but a rocky road ahead : the EU and the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe / Hans-Georg Ehrhart -- The OSCE and conflict prevention in the post-Soviet region / Natalie Mychajlyszyn -- Early warning and prevention of violent conflict : the role of multifunctional observer missions / David Last -- Early warning analysis and policy planning in UN preventive action / John G. Cockell -- The International Monetary Fund and conflict prevention / Dane Rowlands and Troy Joseph -- Conflict prevention in Africa : establishing conditions and institutions conducive to durable peace / Rasheed Draman -- Conflict prevention in the Americas : the Organization of American States (OAS) / Osvaldo Kreimer.

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Corporate Subject:

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

United Nations.

European Union.

Subject Term:

Pacific settlement of international disputes.

Conflict management.

Security, International.

European Union.

Added Author:

Carment, David, 1959-

Schnabel, Albrecht.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2003

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This publication evaluates the institutional record on conflict prevention, identifies current trends in conflict prevention practice, and makes recommendations on improving organizational capacity. The first part of the book addresses the question: What is successful conflict prevention? The second part reflects on how existing mechanisms and instruments for conflict prevention can be properly evaluated and improved, focusing on institutions at the forefront of conflict prevention policy such as EU, the OSCE and NATO. The contributors to this book are a diverse group of individuals involved in conflict prevention activities including, scholars from developed and developing countries, and practitioners with insights on the work of regional organizations and the United Nations.

Tables and Figures	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
1 Introduction - Conflict Prevention: a Concept in Search of a Policy	p. 1
Notes	p. 8
Part 1 Conflict Prevention: Theory and Evidence	p. 9
2 Conflict Prevention - Taking Stock	p. 11
Notes	p. 21
3 The Realism of Preventive Statecraft	p. 26
Notes	p. 43
4 Challenges to Preventive Action: the Cases of Kosovo and Macedonia	p. 47
Notes	p. 65
5 Evaluating Success and Failure: Conflict Prevention in Cambodia and Bosnia	p. 70
Notes	p. 86
Part 2 The Institutional Record	p. 89
6 Regional Organizations and Conflict Prevention: Cfsp and Esdi in Europe	p. 91
Notes	p. 109
7 A Good Idea, but a Rocky Road Ahead: the Eu and the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe	p. 112
Notes	p. 129
8 The Osce and Conflict Prevention in the Post-Soviet Region	p. 133
Notes	p. 148
Part 3 Information and Response	p. 155
9 Early Warning and Prevention of Violent Conflict: the Role of Multifunctional Observer Missions	p. 157
Notes	p. 179
10 Early Warning Analysis and Policy Planning in UN Preventive Action	p. 182
Notes	p. 202
11 The International Monetary Fund and Conflict Prevention	p. 207
Notes	p. 227
Part 4 Building Capacity at the Regional Level	p. 231
12 Conflict Prevention in Africa: Establishing Conditions and Institutions Conducive to Durable Peace	p. 233
Notes	p. 251
13 Conflict Prevention in the Americas: the Organization of American States (oas)	p. 254
Notes	p. 275
Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. 279
Contributors	p. 283
Index	p. 289

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