Journal of International Affairs articles from March 2002

Journal of International Affairs archives from March 2002

Editors' foreword.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
March 22, 2002... "But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness and giving in." --D.H. Lawrence We're a bit more optimistic about the prospects for peace than Lawrence was, but his comment implies issues...

Balancing bureaucracy and the individual: institutional reform and peace operations. (Toward the Future).
March 22, 2002... "We need to encourage the role of `commandos'--not in a military sense, but in the civil realm. We need a small group of individuals who can operate within institutions but also take personal responsibility for their actions and decisions." ...

Civil-military coordination in peacebuilding: the challenge in Afghanistan. (Toward the Future).
March 22, 2002... "... prevention and rebuilding are inextricably linked at the societal level, leading to the conclusion that a formal agreement ending a civil war is meaningless unless coupled with long-term programs to heal the wounded society." The...

The changing face of peace operations: a view from the field. (The Military Component).
March 22, 2002... "... true enforcement [is] not the pretend variety that comes with soldiers in blue berets who have neither the capacity nor the wit to do anything about the breaches of international law occurring around them." At the height of the Sierra...

Saving lives with force: an agenda for expanding the ACRI. (The Military Component).(Africa Crisis Response Initiative, US program)(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... "The international community can and must do better. Rather than thinking in terms of a 5,000-person UN force, the international community should develop capacity to deploy at least 100,000 more troops abroad." Several hundred thousand...

The development imperative: creating the preconditions for peace. (Economic and Social Implications).
March 22, 2002... "If the mistakes of the last decade are to be avoided, governments and international organizations will have to adopt a new mindset, one that focuses on the prevention of conflict. In this new culture of prevention, development cooperation will...

Dividends of peace: the economics of peacekeeping. (Economic and Social Implications).(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... "If it's done well, the marginal cost of peacekeeping will yield a greater peace dividend to both the country in conflict and the wider international community." The 1990s could be called the decade of peacekeeping. The number and variety...

Locating accountability: the media and peacekeeping. (Economic and Social Implications).
March 22, 2002... "The unequivocal effect of the media is not to change or even shift policy, but to influence its timing--and especially to compress the time available for making policy decisions." In 1999, Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Mark Bowden...

Multinational corporations, social responsibility and conflict. (Economic and Social Implications).
March 22, 2002... "The international business community will increasingly need to promote greater economic inclusion and social justice in its operations, or it will be blamed for contributing to the conditions that lead to violent conflict." It is not a...

Peace operations in Africa: preserving the brittle state? (Regional Perspectives).
March 22, 2002... "The failure of peace operations in Africa can only be partly attributed to the agents or modalities of these operations. Such operations fail because they attempt to avert the collapse of illegitimate, rapacious and coercive states." ...

Europe's peacebuilding hour? Past failures, future challenges. (Regional Perspectives).
March 22, 2002... "The hour of Europe in enforcing, keeping and building peace seems to have come and gone... Europe failed to demonstrate its independence as badly as it failed at everything in the first few years of its Balkan engagement. But that failure has...

Beyond good offices? The role of regional organizations in conflict resolution. (Regional Perspectives).
March 22, 2002... "Both ASEAN and the OAS were active, flexible and effective in the peace processes in Cambodia and Haiti. Although the UN Security Council and major powers made the final settlement for both conflicts, the contributions of the two organizations...

The United Nations Post-Brahimi: an interview with the UN under secretary-general for peace operations. (The Future of the United Nations).(Jean-Marie Guehenno)(Interview)
March 22, 2002... Interviewed on 20 December 2001 by Shireen Khan Journal: It has been more than a year since the Brahimi Panel report was published. Which recommendations from the report have been implemented? What is your view on the implementation of...

The Brahimi report: at a glance. (The Future of the United Nations).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Peacekeeping is a blurry business, often as opaque as war itself. Since the end of the Cold War, conflicts increasingly lack a defined line between the warring sides. Simply maintaining peace can be a far greater challenge than reaching a...

Cultivating ripeness through UN peacekeeping operations. (The Andrew Wellington Cordier Essay).
March 22, 2002... "Peacekeeping itself cannot bring a final resolution of conflict; but it can help create conditions for political leaders to forge a lasting settlement."--Richard Holbrooke (1) "Outside interventions are typically more effective when third...

Why Peacekeeping Fails.
March 22, 2002... New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, 236 pages Multidimensional peacekeeping operations seek to rebuild the basic institutions of a post-war state so that the warring parties do not return to war. The operations are large and complex,...

Peacemaking and Democratization in the Western Hemisphere.
March 22, 2002... Edited by Tommie Sue Montgomery Coral Gables: North South Center Press of the University of Miami, 2000, 334 pages Since the end of the Cold War, UN peacekeeping missions have expanded, involving not only military but also political...

United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Ad Hoc Missions, Permanent Engagement.
March 22, 2002... Edited by Ramesh Thakur and Albrecht Schnabel New York: United Nations University Press, 2001, 280 pages What a difference a decade makes. In the early 1990s, the United Nations seemed to emerge with a new lease on life after almost 50...