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May 9, 2007 12:00pm through 1:00pm
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Presentation
Peace and Security in the Postmodern World: The OSCE and Conflict Resolution in the Balkans
Presented by
Dennis Sandole, ICAR Professor
Comprising interviews conducted with senior CSCE/OSCE negotiators
about recent tumultuous events in global affairs and insights from the
conflict resolution literature, this book analyses how “postmodern” conflict
such as the recent Balkan wars and the post–9/11 “new terrorism” can be
prevented and/or otherwise dealt with in the future.
Using a conceptual framework designed to enhance analysis of complex
identity-based conflicts, the author has developed a model for a new European peace and security system (NEPSS), and assessed the “goodness-of-fit” between NEPSS and the perceptions of CSCE/OSCE practitioners at four points in time, to explore whether there was a convergence of theory and practice on how to prevent and/or respond to future Yugoslav-type conflicts and related acts of terrorism.
The author also examines to what extent consensus existed on the various
issues over time and analyses pre–9/11 (1993, 1997, 1999) and post–9/11
(2004) trends on various peace and security issues to discern to what extent there has developed over time a culture of conflict resolution and an “issue paradigm,” in which senior diplomatic practitioners come down on various issues in complex ways that are not neatly captured by a Realpolitik-only or Idealpolitik-only perspective.
This book will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution, peace studies, international security, and international organizations.
Table of Contents
1. Violent Postmodern Conflict: A Need to Go Beyond Symptoms
2. A Framework for Analyzing Violent Postmodern Conflict
3. A Model for Responding to Violent Postmodern Conflict
4. Eliciting the Wisdom of CSCE/OSCE Negotiators: Research Design
5. CSCE/OSCE Negotiators' Perceptions of Select Peace and Security Issues
6. CSCE/OSCE Negotiators' Perceptions of Causes of the Balkan Wars of the 1990s
7. CSCE/OSCE Negotiators' Perceptions of Lessons Learned from the Balkan Wars of the 1990s
8. CSCE/OSCE Negotiators’ Visions of Ideal Peace and Security in Postmodern Europe
9. After 9/11: Peace and Security Issues Revisited
10. Implications for Research, Theory, and Policy
List Price: £65.00
ISBN: 9780415400770
ISBN-10: 0415400775
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: January 2007
Pages: 288
Contact: Michael Shank, 703-993-3655