Cases and Strategies for Preventive Action: Report of the Center for Preventive Action's 1996 Annual Conference (Preventive Action Reports, Vol 2)

Center For Preventive Action Conference 1996 (New York, N. Y.); Rubin, Barnett R.

ISBN 10: 0870784129 / ISBN 13: 9780870784125

Published by Brookings Inst Pr, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cases and Strategies for Preventive Action: Report of the Center for Preventive Action's 1996 Annual Conference (Preventive Action Reports, Vol 2)
• Publisher: Brookings Inst Pr
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870784129
• ISBN 13: 9780870784125
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In 1996, there were violent intrastate conflicts in ninety countries around the world. Governments, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and scholars continue to investigate how these deadly conflicts can be prevented. In order to assess what has been learned about conflict prevention and encourage further examination of cases and strategies, the Center for Preventive Action (CPA) of the Council on Foreign Relations convenes an annual conference. CPA's December 1996 Conference on Preventive Action examined three regions where CPA has programs--Nigeria, the Great Lakes region of Central Africa, and the South Balkans--and three tools of prevention--religion, economic sanctions and incentives, and small weapons disarmament.This conference volume is the second book in CPA's series of Preventive Action Reports. It uses CPA's case studies to examine the effectiveness of the tools of preventive action, and draws on comparative studies to guide the analysis of the case studies. Included: Edward J. Laurance of the Monterey Institute of International Studies on small weapons disarmament; David Cortright of the Fourth Freedom Forum and George Lopez of the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, on the use of economic sanctions and incentives; Reverend Donald Shriver of Union Theological Seminary on religion and violence prevention; Steven Burg of Brandeis University on the South Balkans; Michael Lund of Creative Associates International on Burundi and the Great Lakes region of Central Africa; and Peter Lewis of American University on Nigeria.

About the Author

Barnett R. Rubin is director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations.