Conflict Prevention from Rhetoric to Reality Organizations and Institutions

by Schnabel, Albrecht; Carment, David; Abad, Medardo C., Jr.; Abazov, Rafis; Akbarzadeh, Shahram; Björkdahl, Annika; Cameron, Fraser; Dorn, A Walter; Duggan, Colleen; Dufresne, Charles; Giannakos, Symeon A.; Hertkorn, Michaela C.; Karuru, Njeri; Shiawl-Kidan

• ISBN13: 9780739105498
• ISBN10: 0739105493
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-04
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Together with local actors, many governments, regional organizations and the UN are embracing preventive action as a viable path towards sustainable peace. The contributions to this volume trace conflict prevention efforts in various regional contexts and explain how preventive thinking is being successfully mainstreamed into the activities of regional organizations and the UN.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	xi
Acknowledgments	xvii
Part I Introduction
1 Mainstreaming Conflict Prevention: From Rhetoric to Reality	3	(20)
Albrecht Schnahel and David Garment
Part II Causes, Consequences, and Prevention of Conflict: Developing Capacity at the Regional Level
2 Defining Preventive Diplomacy in Europe: September 11 and Its Impact on the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy	23	(18)
Michaela C. Hertkorn
3 NATO and the ELT in the Eastern Mediterranean: Conflict Preventers or Conflict Managers?	41	(20)
Symeon A. Giannakos
4 The Conflict Prevention Agenda in Central Asia	61	(20)
Anara Tabyshalieva
5 Status Quo Policy and Conflict Prevention in Central Asia	81	(22)
Shahram Akharzadeh and Rafts Abazov
6 Conflict Prevention in South Asia	103	(24)
Chetan Kumar
7 Conflict Prevention in East Asia	127	(22)
Medardo C. Abad, Jr.
8 Conflict Prevention and Management in Africa	149	(18)
Teferra Shiatel-Kidanekal
Part III Mainstreaming Conflict Prevention at Regional Organizations: The Institutional Record
9 The OSCE as a Primary Instrument of Conflict Prevention in Europe: Frameworks, Achievements, and Limitations of the OSCE's Preventive Action	167	(40)
Monika Wohlfeld
10 The European Union and Conflict Prevention	207	(16)
Fraser Cameron
11 The Role of the Organization of American States in Conflict Prevention	223	(40)
Yadira A. Soto
12 Conflict Prevention: Responses by Subregional Organizations and Civil Society Organizations in Eastern Africa	263	(26)
Njeri Karuru
Part IV Mainstreaming Conflict Prevention at the United Nations
13 Conflict Prevention Is Happening: Learning from "Successes" as Well as "Failures"	289	(16)
Michael S. Lund
14 Early and Late Warning by the UN Secretary-General of Threats to the Peace: Article 99 Revisited	305	(10)
A. Walter Dorn
15 UN Strategic and Operational Coordination: Mechanisms for Preventing and Managing Violent Conflict	315	(48)
Colleen Duggan
16 Building UN Capacity in Early Warning and Prevention	363	(24)
Charles Dufresne and Albrecht Schnabel
17 Conflict Prevention Mainstreaming: A Comparison of Multilateral Actors	387	(22)
Annika Björkclahl
Selected Bibliography	409	(6)
Index	415	(18)
Contributors	433