Download or read book The UN Peace and Force written by Michael Pugh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restoring and maintaining peace within war-torn societies is a relatively new task for the United Nations. This book examines the options for the UN in the use of force to secure peace, and the extent to which peacekeeping can be effectively extended to coerce warring factions. A combination of internationally distinguished academics and new scholars at the forefront of research are represented, making an important contribution to the debate about the role of international military operations in the maintenance of international peace and security.

Download or read book Research Paper written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ethnicity and Intra State Conflict written by Håkan Wiberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1999, this text examines domestic wars, looking at inter-state relations only in as far as they are directly relevant to understand such wars. The book aims to indicate how intra-state war differs from the inter-state war, and focuses primarily on such domestic armed conflicts that at least have significant ethnonational components. The book assesses how heterogeneous a category "ethnic conflict" is in terms of causes and consequences, and gauges the complex interplay between class, regionalism and ethnicity. It is not limited to description and causal analysis, but also attempts to assess suggestions as to what types of actors may contribute in what ways to avoiding ethnonational mobilization/polarization, avoiding militarization of manifest conflicts, and de-escalating militarized conflicts by looking for tenable generalizations on what types of approaches are fruitful in bringing about de-escalation, ceasefires, political compromises, peaceful division or peaceful integration, reconciliation.

Download or read book War Hunger and Displacement written by E. Wayne Nafziger and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-10-19 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of the cold war, the number of civil wars in developing countries has escalated to the point where they are the most significant source of human suffering in the world today. Although there are many political analyses of these emergencies, this two-volume work is the first comprehensive study of the economic, social, and political roots of humanitarian emergencies, identifying early measures to prevent such disasters. Nafziger, Stewart, and V--auml--;yrynen draw on a wide range of specialists on the political economy of war and on major conflicts to show the causes of conflict. The first volume provides a general overview of the nature and causes of the emergencies, including economic, political, and environmental factors. The second volume provides detailed case studies of thirteen conflicts (including Rwanda, Burundi, the Congo, Afghanistan, and the Caucasus) that originated in the weakness of the state or where economic factors predominate. The volumes emphasize the significance of protracted economic stagnation and decline, high and increasing inequality, government exclusion of distinct social groups, state failure and predatory rule. They debunk beliefs recurrent in the literature that emergencies are the result of deteriorating environmental conditions, structural adjustment, and deep-seated ethnic animosity. By analysing the causes and prevention of war and humanitarian emergencies in developing countries, this work outlines a less costly alternative to the present strategy of the world community of spending millions of dollars annually to provide mediation, relief, and rehabilitation after the conflict occurs.

Download or read book African Journal of International and Comparative Law written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Whither Regional Peace and Security written by Denis Kadima and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the outcome of a seminar hosted by the Africa Institute of South Africa, to provide a platform for Congolese and South African representatives of differing political persuasions to present their views on the multi-dimensional and complex nature of the present crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and debate strategies for peace and reconstruction. The Congolese representatives came from both the government controlled area, Kinshasa; and the territory under rebel administration, Kivu. Both groups provide coverage of the conflict, discuss issues of nationality, and emphasise the need for inclusion in national and local dialogue. The papers also debate peace-keeping and peace-enforcement; military, ethnic, political and economic constraints to peace building, and how these may be overcome; and demilitarisation and disarmament of militias operating in the eastern Congo. They analyse the state of the economy in the DRC in the periods of the Mobutu era, during the Kabila-led take-over, and since the eruption of the war; and consider the possibilities for sustainable economic reconstruction. They expose the impacts of the war on women and children, and outline the role of women in the peace efforts.

Download or read book The Missing Link written by Dorothy S. Zinberg and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The CTBT and Beyond written by Herbert Frank York and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East written by Jan Prawitz and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important book for all parties interested in the dynamic issue within the on-going general peace process that would eventually lead to the establishment of the zone.

Download or read book Militaries Democracies and Security in Southern Africa written by Joseph Nanven Garba and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report of the Southern Africa Security Project 1992 to 1996.

Download or read book Lettre de L UNIDIR written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Peace of Timbuktu written by Robin Poulton and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication offers an account of the unfolding of political and civilian conflict in Mali and the efforts to contain it, and an analysis of which efforts to restore peace were effective and why. It also examines the role of the international community, especially the United Nations, in helping the Malian Government to restore peace and to re-integrate its disaffected populations and refugees back into civilian life.--Publisher's description.

Download or read book Small Arms Control written by Jayantha Dhanapala and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers collected in this volume were originally prepared for four workshops organised by the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs to inform the work of the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms. These workshops were held during 1995-96. Some of the authors updated their papers for publication in early 1998. Lora Lumpe, senior fellow with the Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers in Oslo and Tamar Gabelnick, Acting Director of the Arms Sales Monitoring Project at the Federation of American Scientists in Washington, DC edited the presentations for this book.

Download or read book Non offensive Defence in the Middle East written by Bjørn Møller and published by UN. This book was released on 1998 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sensors for Peace written by Jürgen Altmann and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The end of the Cold War has seen an important increase in the range & scope of United Nations peace operations. Some of these operations have encountered difficulty in fulfilling their tasks. One way proposed to alleviate this problem is through the use of technical means such as unattended ground-sensor systems which allow for better monitoring of peace agreements. Sensors For Peace, examines the potential for the use of unattended ground-sensor systems in United Nations peace missions from operational, conceptual & juridical perspectives. Overall this potential is found to be both promising & realistic.

Download or read book To Sheathe the Sword written by John P. Lovell and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1997-01-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important new volume, sponsored by the Indiana Center on Global Change and World Peace, brings together academicians and practitioners in comparative politics and international relations to examine the impact of civil-military relations on the process of democratization. Contributors take an unprecedented look at current and emerging patterns of linkages between civil-military relations and democratization, especially in areas which have embarked on the path of democratization since the 1980s. They also challenge or refine many of the concepts and models that have figured prominently in discussions of civil-military relations and democratization. These include the notion that democratization requires adoption of the traditional Western model of civil-military relations.

Download or read book Disarmament and Arms Limitation Obligations written by Serge Sur and published by Dartmouth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work deals with the difficulties of enforcing arms limitation obligations. It examines the changing international system; multilateral and regional treaty provisions; the prospects for developing international mechanisms; and the way that domestic law interacts with international obligations.