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This textbook chronicles the logic, evolution, application, and outcomes of the five major approaches to international conflict management.

This new textbook provides students with an accessible overview of the logic, evolution, application and outcomes of the five major approaches of the growing field of international conflict management: traditional peacekeepingpeace enforcement and support operationsnegotiation and bargainingmediationadjudication. The book aims to provide the student with a fuller understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of these five techniques within the dynamic context of the contemporary security environment, especially in relation to recent and ongoing case studies of inter-state and intra-state conflict. To demonstrate the changing nature of security in the post-Cold War world, the text contrasts this with competing visions of security during the Cold War and earlier periods, and provides numerous points of comparison with the dominant causes, types, strategy, and prosecution of warfare in other eras. International Conflict Management will be essential reading for all students of conflict management, mediation, peacekeeping, peace and conflict studies, and international security in general. Michael J. Butler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and International Relations at Clark University (USA).

Intro -- Front Matter -- About the Authors -- 1 Introducing International Conflict Management -- Conflict Management vs Conflict Resolution -- Overview of the Book -- 2 Key Ideas and Frameworks -- Cross-Cutting Concepts -- Conflict Patterns Since World War II -- Why are Some Conflicts Never Managed or Resolved? -- Identifying Conflict Management Success -- 3 Intervention -- Traditional Military Intervention -- Humanitarian Intervention -- Legal Considerations for Intervention -- Patterns of Intervention -- Agents of Intervention: States and International Organizations -- When Does Intervention Occur? -- When Does Intervention Promote Conflict Management? -- Conclusion -- 4 Sanctions -- Logic and Motivations for Sanctions -- Types of Sanctions-Traditional vs "Smart" -- Patterns in the Use of Sanctions Over Time -- Agents of Sanctions-States and International Organizations -- When and How Often are Sanctions Effective? -- Conclusion -- 5 Negotiations -- Logic of Negotiation -- Context for Negotiation -- When and Why Do Parties Come to the Negotiating Table? -- When Do Parties Reach a Settlement? -- Pitfalls in the Implementation Stage -- Conclusion -- 6 Mediation -- Differences with Negotiation -- The Logic of Mediation -- Patterns of Mediation -- Agents of Mediation -- When Does Mediation Occur? -- When and How Often is Mediation Effective? -- Conclusion -- 7 Legal Approaches -- Differences with Negotiation and Mediation -- Arbitration versus Adjudication -- Forms of International Courts -- The Logic of Legal Approaches -- When Do Parties Choose Legal Options? -- Is Legal Dispute Resolution Effective? -- Conclusion -- 8 Peace Operations: Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding -- Traditional Peacekeeping versus Peacebuilding -- The Logic of Peace Operations -- Patterns in Peace Operations -- Agents of Peace Operations.

"International conflict has long plagued the world, and continues to do so. This comprehensive text introduces the varied approaches and factors that promote the deescalation and the peaceful management of conflict across the globe - from negotiation to arbitration, adjudication to peace ops, sanctions, and military or humanitarian intervention"--

This new textbook introduces key mechanisms and issues in international conflict management and engages students with a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach to mitigating, managing, and transforming international conflicts. The volume identifies key historical events and international agreements that have shaped and defined the field of international conflict management, as well as key dilemmas facing the field at this juncture. The first section provides an overview of key mechanisms for international conflict management, such as negotiation, mediation, nonviolent resistance, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, transitional justice, and reconciliation. The second section tackles important cross-cutting themes, such as technology, religion, the economy, refugees and migration, and the role of civil society, examining how these issues contribute to international conflicts and how they can be leveraged to help address such conflicts. Each chapter includes a brief historical overview of the evolution of the issue or mechanism, identifies key theoretical and practical debates, and includes case studies, discussion questions, website links, and suggested further reading for further study and engagement. By providing a mixture of theory and practical examples, this textbook provides students with the necessary background to navigate this interdisciplinary field.

Strategies of reassurance (S. der erneuten Versicherung oder Bestätigung) gehen von anderen Annahmen aus als die der Abschreckung. Sie setzen zwar ebenso Feindseligkeit als gegeben voraus, aber im Unterschied zur Abschreckung sehen sie die Wurzeln der Feindseligkeit nicht im Streben des Gegners nach einer günstigen Gelegenheit zum Angriff, sondern in seinen Nöten und Schwächen. Sie versuchen nicht, einer Fehleinschätzung durch verbale reassurance vorzubeugen, sondern bieten eine Palette von Reaktionsmöglichkeiten, auf die der Gegner zurückgreifen kann, um die Wahrscheinlichkeit der Androhung oder des Gebrauchs von Gewalt zu verringern. Vier strategies of reassurance - the exercise of restraint, the creation of norms of competition, the making of evocable commitments, regime building - werden an Hand von konkreten Beispielen vorgestellt. (SWP-Hck)