Preventive Diplomacy

The suppression of war has been the primary objective of the United Nations for almost fifty years, and stopping a war before it starts is easier than ending a war already underway. History, however, has shown that military interventions and economic sanctions often do more harm than good. In <EM>Preventive Diplomacy</EM>, Nobel prize winners, top officials, and revered thinkers tackle these issues and explore the process of conflict prevention from humanitarian, economic, and political perspectives. This cross-disciplinary reader on global politics demonstrates that when new insights and methodologies on public health are applied to the handling of international disasters, the change in policy perspective is intriguing--even hopeful. Part 1 OLD CONCEPTS / NEW A PPROACHES; Chapter 1 A CLINICIAN'S CAUTION, Lord DavidOwen; Chapter 2 PEACE AND THE HEALING PROCESS, JohnHume; Chapter 3 THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY, MohammedBedjaoui; Chapter 4 THE CHALLENGE OF HUMANITARIANISM, PeterHansen; Chapter 5 DEVELOPING PREVENTIVE JOURNALISM, Michael J.O'Neill; Part 2 P ARTICULAR P ROBLEMS IN PREVENTIVE D IPLOMACY; Chapter 6 WOMEN AS PartNERS FOR PEACE, RosarioGreen; Chapter 7 NEUTRALITY OR IMPartIALITY, AlainDestexhe; Chapter 8 CHANGING CONCEPTS OF DISPLACEMENT AND SOVEREIGNTY, FrancisDeng; Chapter 9 ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AS A MEANS TO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, Lord Robert Skidelsky, EdwardMortimer; Part 3 M AJOR A CTORS; Chapter 10 CREATING HEALTHY ALLIANCES, CyrusVance, Herbert S.Okun; Chapter 11 THE PEACEKEEPING PRESCRIPTION, Kofi A.Annan; Chapter 12 REFLECTIONS ON THE ROLE OF THE UN AND ITS SECTRETARY-GENERAL, BoutrosBoutros-Ghali; Chapter 13 OBSERVATION, TRIAGE, AND INITIAL THERAPY, MarrackGoulding; Chapter 14 ESTABLISHING TRUST IN THE HEALER: PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY AND THE F UTURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS, JanEliasson; Part 4 POTENTIAL PartICIPANTS IN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY; Chapter 15 EARLY-WARNING SYSTEMS: FROM SURVEILLANCE TO ASSESSMENT TO ACTION, Ted RobertGurr; Chapter 16 LOCALIZING OUTBREAKS, Salim AhmedSalim; Chapter 17 INTERNATIONAL NGOS IN PREVENTING CONFLICT, KennethHackett; Chapter 18 EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE: THREATS TO GLOBAL S ECURITY, Scott R.Lillibridge; Conclusion; NOTES; ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND THE CIHC; INDEX;