Opportunities Missed Opportunities Seized

Author : Bruce W. Jentleson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Diplomacy
ISBN : 9780847685592

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Opportunities Missed, Opportunities Seized by Bruce W. Jentleson Pdf

The basic logic of preventive diplomacy is unassailable. Act early to prevent disputes from escalating; reduce tensions that could lead to war; deal with today's conflicts before they become tomorrow's crises. Yet as we look at the record of these first years of the post-Cold War era, it is quite mixed. There have been some preventive diplomacy successes and opportunities that have been seized by major powers and international organizations to help preserve and protect the peace. But there also have been other opportunities that have been missed, with some of the century's most deadly conflicts the result. This study examines ten major post-Cold War cases including Croatia-Bosnia, Rwanda, the Baltics, Russia-Ukraine, Macedonia, and North Korea_to assess the key factors contributing to both the success and failure of preventive diplomacy. The method of case study analysis employed is based on the work of Alexander L. George. Authors include both leading academics and prominent policy officials with first-hand knowledge.

Author : Joseph F. Kolapudi
Publisher : Joseph Kolapudi
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781453679678

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Man - With the Missed Opportunities by Joseph F. Kolapudi Pdf

Most people have encountered opportunities that have slipped by them and have become missed. These missed opportunities actually have a lot of potential, and if seized, can be used for a number of important purposes.We all have opportunities that we can use to the best of our advantage, but how do we claim them for our benefit? How do we overcome these obstacles?The author has comprised 12 main opportunities of life that almost all man-kind has missed at least once in their lifetime. Using real-life examples and practical principles, the author shows how you can use and overcome the missed opportunities of life and get back on track.Make the most of every opportunity, and overcome the missed opportunities of life to your advantage!

Author : Marc Weller
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789047424710

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Peace Lost: The Failure of Conflict Prevention in Kosovo by Marc Weller Pdf

This book traces the failure of international action in Kosovo from the late 1980s until NATO intervention in 1999, and endeavours to explain why, during that time, so many opportunities for making peace were squandered. Applying methodology developed by the EU Conflict Prevention Network, it divides the conflict into four main phases and examines how, at each, chances for settlement were either lost or overlooked. It considers policy alternatives available at the time, and hypothesises reasons why these were ultimately discarded. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including the author’s own experience of the negotiations process, this book presents a hitherto unexplored thesis of the Kosovo conflict, that of a ‘lag’ in international action in relation to the situation on the ground, and seeks to draw from these failures some central lessons for the future of conflict prevention.

Author : Chester A. Crocker,Fen Osler Hampson,Pamela R. Aall
Publisher : US Institute of Peace Press
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 192922396X

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Leashing the Dogs of War by Chester A. Crocker,Fen Osler Hampson,Pamela R. Aall Pdf

The definitive volume on the sources of contemporary conflict and the array of possible responses to it.

Author : Fen Osler Hampson,David Malone
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 1588260194

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From Reaction to Conflict Prevention by Fen Osler Hampson,David Malone Pdf

Contributors in public policy, politics, international affairs, development, conflict management, and peace studies discuss the practical challenges of conflict prevention within the UN system, considering the causes and dynamics of war, tools being developed to predict the eruption of conflict, and what is being done to move from reaction to prevention of conflict. They touch on areas such as measuring the societal impact of war, a systems approach to mitigating violent conflict, and electoral assistance and democratization. Hampson teaches international affairs at Carleton University, Canada. Malone is president of the International Peace Academy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Yanjun Guo,Ji Miao
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811242960

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Preventive Diplomacy, Peacebuilding And Security In The Asia-pacific: Evolving Norms, Agenda And Practices by Yanjun Guo,Ji Miao Pdf

Preventive diplomacy constitutes an important part of international conflict resolution mechanisms. This book presents the latest research trends in ideations, institutions and practices in preventive diplomacy and other peacebuilding measures of Asia-Pacific countries to ensure traditional and non-traditional security within and beyond the region. It studies peacebuilding issues range from North Korea nuclear issue in Northeast Asia, disputes in the South China Sea, Afghanistan peace process and China-India-Pakistan interaction in South Asia, UN peacebuilding in Central Asia, etc. It explores general security issues at the state, international, regional and global levels by experts from the Asia-Pacific. This book is a useful guide for those interested to know the security and preventive diplomacy status in the region's distinctive context.

Author : Mohammed Omar Maundi
Publisher : US Institute of Peace Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 1929223625

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Getting in by Mohammed Omar Maundi Pdf

"This study of successful mediation in a half-dozen violent conflicts across the African continent focuses on a hitherto neglected dimension of mediation and the motivations of the parties in conflict - and of the mediators themselves - in initiating the mediation option. The "problem" of many journalistic accounts and scholarly analyses of conflict mediation is that they detail the mediation process in full swing but have largely neglected the crucial phase of mediators' entry into the destructive and disturbing mass violence in Burundi, Rwanda, the Congo, Sudan, West Africa, and the border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea. This collaboration of renowned scholars and a practitioner in conflict management and African politics seeks to draw wide-ranging and timely conclusions on the early stages of mediation from six case studies."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Cirû Mwaûra,Susanne Schmeidl
Publisher : The Red Sea Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 1569021570

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Early Warning and Conflict Management in the Horn of Africa by Cirû Mwaûra,Susanne Schmeidl Pdf

The Horn of Africa has come to be defined by the frequency and intensity of its violent conflicts. Yet, whereas in other regions conflict prevention stresses formal, top-down inter-governmental structures, in the Horn of Africa an alternative conflict management regime that seeks to build on local capacity and is based on inclusive and collaborative decision-making has emerged. This publication outlines the two-year process of CEWARN's and IGAD's development.

Author : Bruce W. Jentleson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : IND:30000078278532

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Coercive Prevention by Bruce W. Jentleson Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : International relations
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112115998

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Peaceworks by Anonim Pdf

Author : Samuel Totten
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1164 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135925918

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The Prevention and Intervention of Genocide by Samuel Totten Pdf

This volume is comprised of over 2,300 annotations on a wide array of issues and topics germane to the subject of preventing the atrocities of genocide and managing these conflicts when they do arise. Samuel Totten brings together in one comprehensive collection the research and findings in various fields, such as political science, sociology, history, and psychology, to enable specialists in genocide studies, peace studies, and conflict resolution to benefit from the insights of a diverse range of scholars and foster an understanding of how the various components of genocide studies connect. Among the topics included are: key conventions, international treaties, and covenants genocide early warning signals and forecasting risk data bases sanctions peacekeeping missions conflict resolution the International Criminal Court realpolitik vis-à-vis the issue of genocide prevention and intervention key non-governmental agencies key governmental and UN bodies working on these important issues. In addition to the annotations, Totten frames the bibliography with a major essay that introduces the reader to the subject of prevention and intervention of genocide, raising a host of critical issues regarding the strengths, weaknesses, and limitations of various approaches germane to issues of managing these conflicts.

Author : International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : 0889369631

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The Responsibility to Protect by International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty,International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Responsibility to Protect: Research, bibliography, background. Supplementary volume to the Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty

Author : Jennifer L. De Maio
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0739128450

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Confronting Ethnic Conflict by Jennifer L. De Maio Pdf

Given the pervasive threat of ethnic conflict and the growing incidence of internal wars spilling across borders, understanding the impact of third-party intervention on conflict prevention, durable peaceful governance, and amicable social relations becomes critical exercises for any scholar of conflict management. The purpose of this project is to determine whether intervention strategies undertaken by international, regional, and subregional actors can be devised or improved so as to maximize the likelihood of successful conflict management in the case of internal conflicts, particularly ethnic conflicts. As the literature and empirical evidence suggest, third-party intervention does not always prevent or end violence. Jennifer L. De Maio contends that external involvement is more likely to lead to effective conflict management if it works to alter the perceptions of the antagonists and ensures that the parties truly own the peace. Book jacket.

Author : Elie Podeh
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781477305621

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Chances for Peace by Elie Podeh Pdf

Drawing on a newly developed theoretical definition of “missed opportunity,” Chances for Peace uses extensive sources in English, Hebrew, and Arabic to systematically measure the potentiality levels of opportunity across some ninety years of attempted negotiations in the Arab-Israeli conflict. With enlightening revelations that defy conventional wisdom, this study provides a balanced account of the most significant attempts to forge peace, initiated by the world’s superpowers, the Arabs (including the Palestinians), and Israel. From Arab-Zionist negotiations at the end of World War I to the subsequent partition, the aftermath of the 1967 War and the Sadat Initiative, and numerous agreements throughout the 1980s and 1990s, concluding with the Annapolis Conference in 2007 and the Abu Mazen-Olmert talks in 2008, pioneering scholar Elie Podeh uses empirical criteria and diverse secondary sources to assess the protagonists’ roles at more than two dozen key junctures. A resource that brings together historiography, political science, and the practice of peace negotiation, Podeh’s insightful exploration also showcases opportunities that were not missed. Three agreements in particular (Israeli-Egyptian, 1979; Israeli-Lebanese, 1983; and Israeli-Jordanian, 1994) illuminate important variables for forging new paths to successful negotiation. By applying his framework to a broad range of power brokers and time periods, Podeh also sheds light on numerous incidents that contradict official narratives. This unique approach is poised to reshape the realm of conflict resolution.

Author : David A. Hamburg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 074251675X

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No More Killing Fields by David A. Hamburg Pdf

Drawing on work conducted by the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, a study of the prevention of war and genocide examines such concepts as preventive diplomacy, the role of civil society, socioeconomic development, and international cooperation.