POLITICS, DIPLOMACY AND PEACE PROCESSES: PATHWAYS OUT OF TERRORISM

In: Terrorism and political violence, Band 11, Heft 4, S. 66-82

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE SURVEYS POTENTIAL POINTS OF CONFLICT AND TERRORISM IN THE POST-COLD WAR WORLD. IT FINDS THAT WHILE CONFLICTS ABOUND, THE NEW STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA ALLOWS FOR GREATER UNITED NATIONS PARTICIPATION IN THE MEDIATION AND RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS. STILL, GREATER UN INVOLVEMENT IS NOT A PANACEA FOR ALL CONFLICTS. OTHER PREREQUISITES FOR AN EFFECTIVE PEACE PROCESS INCLUDE: SUFFICIENT WILL AMONG BOTH PARTIES IN THE CONFLICT TO INITIATE AND SUSTAIN A PEACE PROCESS; COMMITTED, CAPABLE AND DYNAMIC INDIVIDUAL LEADERS; PATIENCE AND A SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE; AND, A MINIMAL DEGREE OF BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR A PEACE PROCESS.