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This new textbook provides students with an accessible overview of the logic, evolution, application and outcomes of the five major approaches of the growing field of international conflict management:
The book aims to provide the student with a fuller understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of these five techniques within the dynamic context of the contemporary security environment, especially in relation to recent and ongoing case studies of inter-state and intra-state conflict. To demonstrate the changing nature of security in the post-Cold War world, the text contrasts this with competing visions of security during the Cold War and earlier periods, and provides numerous points of comparison with the dominant causes, types, strategy, and prosecution of warfare in other eras.
International Conflict Management will be essential reading for all students of conflict management, mediation, peacekeeping, peace and conflict studies, and international security in general.
Michael J. Butler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and International Relations at Clark University (USA).
List of illustrations viii
Preface and acknowledgments x
List of acronyms xii
Introduction 1
What is this book about? 1
Reflecting on conflict management 2
A roadmap to this book 3
Part I Continuity and change 11
1 What is international conflict management 13
Defining international conflict management 13
Conflict management and collective security 15
Mapping the conceptual field 20
Debating international conflict management 22
2 The changing nature of security 27
The traditional (realist) view 27
Security under fire 31
Debating the security referent 34
The 'new security environment' 38
3 The challenges of 'new wars' 47
War as a concept 47
Empirical trends in armed conflict 50
Conflict in context: 'Old' and 'new' wars 53
Part II Concepts and application 63
4 Peacekeeping 65
Peacekeeping in brief: insights from UNFICYP 65
What is peacekeeping? 68
Precursors to peacekeeping 72
Peacekeeping: a narrative history 75
How peacekeeping works 88
Contemporary issues and debates 94
5 A study in peacekeeping: UNOMIG in Georgia 99
Background and context 99
The conflict in Abkhazia 102
UNOMIG and peacekeeping in Georgia 107
The outcome 112
Lessons learned 114
6 Mediation 117
Mediation in brief: insights from Camp David 117
What is mediation? 119
Mediation: a narrative history 122
How mediation works 128
Approaches to international mediation 136
Contemporary issues and debates 140
7 A study in mediation: IGAD in Sudan 144
Background and context 144
The Sudanese civil war 145
The IGAD mediation in Sudan 149
The outcome 151
Lessons learned 155
8 Peace enforcement 158
Peaceenforcement in brief: insights from ONUC 158
What is Peace enforcement? 161
Peace enforcement: a narrative history 163
How peace enforcement works 173
Who are the peace enforcers? 175
Contemporary issues and debates 182
9 A study in peace enforcement: INTERFET in East Timor 186
Background and context 186
The conflict in East Timor 193
INTERFET and peace enforcement in East Timor 194
The outcome 197
Lessons learned 199
10 International adjudication 203
International adjudication in brief: insights from the Rann of Kutch case 203
What is international adjudication? 207
Legal and theoretical parameters 210
International adjudication: a narrative history 214
How international adjudication works 221
Contemporary issues and debates 226
11 A study in international adjudication: the Mapiripán massacre 229
Background and context 229
The conflict in Colombia 233
The IACHR and the Mapiripán case 240
The outcome 242
Lessons learned 244
Conclusion 247
A gradual transformation 247
Key themes, recurring questions 251
Managing 'new wars' 254
The way forward 257
Bibliography 259
Index 276
Overview
This new textbook provides students with an accessible overview of the logic, evolution, application and outcomes of the five major approaches of the growing field of international conflict management:
The book aims to provide the student with a fuller understanding of the ...