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The shaky responses of the international community to the
crises in the former Yugoslavia and the weak response to ethnic
conflict in Africa have had devastating results but have also
led to a considerable amount of self-reflection within international
organizations about their inability to prevent and contain
violent conflict. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have only
added fuel to these debates.
Ways to foster conciliation before conflicts turn violent
and to ensure law and order and respect for individual rights
are at a premium along with longer-range economic reform and
reconstruction programs. The principles of self-determination
and tolerance are often at war with one another in this latter-day
nation-building process, and often with explosive results.
BASIC has published a wide range of articles on the efforts
of NATO, the EU, the OSCE, and the United Nations to develop
conflict prevention and crisis management, including peace
operations. Below are also links to other organizations and
resources that are relevant to conflict prevention and crisis
management.
Publications
Assessing
ISAF: A Baseline Study of NATO's Role in Afghanistan,
by Cameron Scott. This BASIC Report provides an overview of
ISAF's activities in countering the insurgent threat and bringing
security to Afghanistan. March 2007. Also see a summary of
the panel discussion on: Afghanistan
in 2007: An Update and Overview of Military Operations,
27 March 2007.
The
Transatlantic Dimension to the Conflict in Lebanon: Whatever
Happened to the Responsibility to Protect? by Ian
Davis, BASIC Papers, August 2006. Also available as a pdf
file at: http://www.basicint.org/pubs/Papers/BP52.pdf
Investing in Prevention:
Comment on the UK Prime Minister's Strategy Unit report of
February 2005, by Paul Ingram, BASIC Notes, 17 April
2005.
Security Without
Borders? The UN High Level Panel and the Challenge
of UN Security Council Reform, by Dr. Ian Davis and Trudy
Fraser, BASIC Paper, March 2005.
How Deep
and How Long Will NATO Go in Afghanistan and Iraq,
BASIC's NATO E-mail Series, 9 December 2004.
The Problems
Preventing NATO from Taking on a Larger Role in Iraq,
BASIC Note, 28 June 2004.
The
Future of the OSCE (PDF) BASIC Special Report 2003.1,
Spring 2003. Detailed summary of panel discussion held last
fall. Several topics include:
-Division of Labor Among Transatlantic Organizations
-Applying Lessons Learned from the OSCE to Other Areas
-Reforming the OSCE
-Includes BASIC Research Report by former Ambassador Robert
Barry, The OSCE: A Forgotten Transatlantic Security Organization?
Civilian Crisis Management
BASIC hosts European experts and policy makers, Fall 2001
Read the report, March 2002 (available only in Adobe PDF
format)
A Conflict Prevention
Service of the European Union (COPS) Research Report
2000.2, June 2000 (available only in Adobe PDF format)
Will War
Come Again Soon in the Balkans? Press Release, 17
December 1999
EU Defence: Drafts of Helsinki
Decisions Revealed 6 December 1999
ESDI: Right Debate,
Wrong Conclusions 4 August 1999
Links
CARE USA
Center for Strategic
and International Studies - Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project
Based in Washington, DC.
Citizens for
Global Solutions A grassroots membership organization
based in Washington, DC.
Commission on Weak States and US National Security
Sponsored by the Center for
Global Development
Conflict
Barometer 2003 by the Heidelberg Institute on International Conflict
Research
Conflict Map
from the Nobel e-Museum
Correlates of
War Project - University of Michigan
Council
on Foreign Relations - Center for Preventive Action
European Platform
for Conflict Prevention and Transformation
European Union -
Conflict Prevention and Civilian Crisis Management page
Friends Committee on National
Legislation - Peaceful Prevention page
The Fund for Peace
Global Peace and Security
Partnership Non-profit initiative based in United
Kingdom to "to complement the traditional peacekeeping forces
deployed by the United Nations."
The Henry L. Stimson Center - Project on the Future
of Peace Operations Based in Washington, DC
Human
Security Gateway - A Canadian Research and Information
Database. Provides a searchable database on golobal conflict
issues.
International
Alert
International Crisis Group
International Peace
Operations Association
International Rescue
Committee
The Journal
of Conflict Resolution
MercyCorps
OSCE Links and Documents
Oxfam
America
Oxford
Research Group
Partnership
for Effective Peace Operations Forum based in Washington,
DC
Project on Defense
Alternatives
War Report:
Collection of articles, documents and analyses of the Iraq
and Afghanistan wars
Occupation Distress:
Articles and reports addressing the costs of the new wars
for the American military
Refugees International
Saferworld - Conflict
Prevention page
Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute
United Nations Links and Documents
United States Institute
of Peace
United Kingdom
United States
University of Maryland
- Center for International Development and Conflict Management
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