Ending Violent Conflict

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Ending Violent Conflict
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Although the Cold War is over, little has
changed fundamentally as far as reliance on the
military is concerned. Thus, at the threshold of
the twenty-first century, the international com-
munity faces a fundamental challenge: either
build the foundations for a lasting peace or be
overwhelmed by an endless string of internal
wars capable of devastating entire countries,
even of re-igniting big-power confrontations.
And as events in the Balkans have demonstrat-
ed, current peace and security policies are woe-
fully inadequate.
In this paper, author Michael Renner argues
that the international community is more like-
ly to avoid crises like Kosovo's by devoting as
much energy and enthusiasm to fortifying the
nascent infrastructure of peace as it has to
building military muscle. He lays out a program
for transforming the process of international
policy-making by infusing it with human
rights, humanitarian, and human development
concerns... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Ending Violent Conflict
»
Although the Cold War is over, little has
changed fundamentally as far as reliance on the
military is concerned. Thus, at the threshold of
the twenty-first century, the international com-
munity faces a fundamental challenge: either
build the foundations for a lasting peace or be
overwhelmed by an endless string of internal
wars capable of devastating entire countries,
even of re-igniting big-power confrontations.
And as events in the Balkans have demonstrat-
ed, current peace and security policies are woe-
fully inadequate.
In this paper, author Michael Renner argues
that the international community is more like-
ly to avoid crises like Kosovo's by devoting as
much energy and enthusiasm to fortifying the
nascent infrastructure of peace as it has to
building military muscle. He lays out a program
for transforming the process of international
policy-making by infusing it with human
rights, humanitarian, and human development
concerns to a far greater extent than has been
the case to date—by moving toward human
security.
There is no single path to ending conflict.
Renner makes a convincing case for a multi-
layered strategy that includes: pursuing disar-
mament; promoting conflict prevention and
mediation; building effective, permanent peace-
keeping forces; protecting human rights and
prosecuting war criminals; and invigorating
global institutions like the United Nations and
the World Court. Vissza