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Unintended consequences for individuals and groups -- Unintended consequences, complex peace operations and peacebuilding systems / Chiyuki Aoi, Cedric de Coning and Ramesh Thakur -- The unintended consequences of peace operations on Timor Leste from a gender perspective / Shukuko Koyama and Henri Myrttinen -- Protecting civilians from UN peacekeepers and humanitarian workers: sexual exploitation and abuse / Vanessa Kent -- Host economies, humanitarian action and civil--military coordination -- The unintended consequences of peace operations on the host economy from a people's perspective / Katarina Ammitzbøll -- The unintended consequences of peace operations on humanitarian action / Shin-wha Lee -- The unintended consequences of civil--military cooperation in peace operations / Stuart Gordon -- Troop-contributing countries -- The unintended consequences of peace operations for troop-contributing countries from West Africa: the case of Ghana / Kwesi Aning -- The unintended consequences of United Nations peace operations for troop-contributing countries from South Asia / C.S.R. Murthy -- The unintended consequences of peace operations for troop-contributing countries in South America: the case of Argentina and Uruguay / Arturo C. Sotomayor -- Accountability -- The accountability of personnel associated with peacekeeping operations / Franoise J. Hampson and Ai Kihara-Hunt -- A beacon of light in the dark? The United Nations' experience with peace operations ombudspersons as illustrated by the ombudsperson institution in Kosovo / Florian F. Hoffmann -- The vicarious responsibility of the United Nations / Frédéric Mégret -- Conclusion: can unintended consequences be prevented, contained and managed? / Chiyuki Aoi, Cedric de Coning and Ramesh Thakur

The role of private companies in violent conflicts has gained increasingly more attention in recent years. Although the private sector is often associated with sustaining conflicts, companies are also assumed to be self-interested as well as able to support the prevention, settlement and transformation of violent conflicts. This book explores the role of the private business sector during the civil war and the peace process in Guatemala. It examines and analyses the corporate positions during this period, aiming to add to a better understanding on the potentials and limits of integrating private business actors in conflict transformation

Private military and security companies have become a distinct and increasingly relevant phenomenon in defense and security politics. They can be used in different settings and situations and constitute adequate tools for their various clients. Yet, there is an intense debate about them since they may and do generate specific problems, including severe violations of democratic norms and human rights codices. The present collection of contributions to this topic by distinct experts in the field is unique as it covers most, if not all aspects involved in the use of private military and security companies. As such this anthology serves the interests of both the layman in the field who may read this book as a thorough and encompassing introduction to the field as well as those of the specialist - be it a politician, a journalist, a defense/security practitioner, a student or an academic - who will find new information and genuine, and sometimes even provocative, ideas.

Institutions and the negotiated settlement of civil wars -- After the fighting stops : security concerns, institutions, and the post-civil-War environment -- Creating power-sharing and power-dividing institutions -- Institutionalizing an enduring peace -- Implementing power-sharing and power-dividing agreements -- Negotiating for peace in Angola and the Philippines : case studies of failure and success

Promoting peace with information -- Theory, methods, and case selection -- Concert of Europe -- United Nations force in Cyprus -- United Nations disengagement observer force in the Golan Heights -- United Nations transition assistance group for Namibia -- United Nations transitional authority in Cambodia.

Introduction : Searching for peace in the ancient world / Kurt A. Raaflaub -- Making war and making peace in early China / Robin D.S. Yates -- Ancient India : peace within and war without / Richard Salomon -- Water under the straw : peace in Mesopotamia / Benjamin R. Foster -- Making, preserving, and breaking the peace with the Hittite state / Richard H. Beal -- Conflict and reconciliation in the ancient Middle East : the clash of Egyptian and Hittite chariots in Syria, and the world's first peace treaty between "Superpowers" / Lanny Bell -- From Achaemenid imperial order to Sasanian diplomacy : war, peace, and reconciliation in pre-Islamic Iran / Josef Wiesehöfer -- War and reconciliation in the traditions of ancient Israel : historical, literary, and ideological considerations / Susan Niditch -- "They shall beat their swords into plowshares" : a vision of peace through justice and its background in the Hebrew Bible / Thomas Krüger -- "Laughing for joy" : war and peace among the Greeks / Lawrence A. Tritle -- War and reconciliation in Greek literature / David Konstan -- War, peace, and international law in ancient Greece / Victor Alonso -- War and peace, fear and reconciliation at Rome / Nathan Rosenstein -- The price of peace in ancient Rome / Carlin A. Barton -- The gates of war (and peace) : Roman literary perspectives / Jeri DeBrohun -- Early Christian views on violence, war, and peace / Louis J. Swift -- Fight for God, but do so with kindness : reflections on war, peace, and communal identity in early Islam / Fred M. Donner -- Peace, reconciliation, and alliance in Aztec Mexico / Ross Hassig -- War and peace in the Inca heartland / Catherine Julien -- The long peace among Iroquois nations / Neta C. Crawford

Why are some regions prone to war while others remain at peace? What conditions cause regions to move from peace to war and vice versa? This book offers a novel theoretical explanation for the differences and transitions between war and peace. The author distinguishes between 'hot' and 'cold' outcomes, depending on intensity of the war or the peace, and then uses three key concepts (state, nation, and the international system) to argue that it is the specific balance between states and nations in different regions that determines the hot or warm outcomes: the lower the balance, the higher the war proneness of the region, while the higher the balance, the warmer the peace. The theory of regional war and peace developed in this book is examined through case-studies of the post-1945 Middle East, the Balkans and South America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and post-1945 Western Europe