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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carment, David, 1959-

Schnabel, Albrecht.

Series:

Foundations of peace Conflict prevention

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pacific settlement of international disputes.

Conflict management.

Security, International.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

European Union.

Physical Description:

xii, 309 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This publication evaluates the institutional record on conflict prevention, identifies current trends in conflict prevention practice and makes recommendations on improving organizational capacity. It brings together a diverse group of individuals involved in conflict prevention activities.

Contents:

Preliminaries

Contents

1 Introduction Conflict prevention A concept in search of a policy

2. Conflict prevention

3 The realism of preventive statecraft

4 Challenges to preventive action The cases of Kosovo and Macedonia

5 Evaluating success and failure Con ict prevention in Cambodia and Bosnia

6. Regional organizations and conflict prevention

7 A good idea but a rocky road ahead The EU and the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe

8 The OSCE and con ict prevention in the post Soviet region

9. Early warning and prevention of violent con¯ict

10 Early warning analysis and policy planning in UN preventive action

11 The International Monetary Fund and con ict prevention

12. Con¯ict prevention in Africa

13 Conflict prevention in the Americas The Organization of American States OAS

Acronyms and abbreviations

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

92-808-7040-8

OCLC:

935229553