Accountability of Peace Support Operations.
Marten Zwanenburg.  Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, c2005. 363p.
This study considers the application of international humanitarian law to peace support operations undertaken by the United Nations and NATO. In particular, it examines the responsibility and accountability of states and international organizations (rather than individuals) involved in the conduct of a peace support operation.
KZ6374 .Z88 2005 SSTR 

America's Role in Nation-building : From Germany to Iraq.
James Dobbins. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2003. 244p.
Many factors influence the relative success of nation-building activities, argues this RAND report, but the most important are levels of time, manpower, and money. The report analyzes the cases of U.S. involvement in Germany, Japan, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo, focusing on questions of security, humanitarian concerns, civil administration, democratization, and reconstruction. The report finds that multilateralism can be more complex, but is considerably less expensive and often results in more thoroughgoing change. Part of the Rand History of Nation-Building (REFERENCE).
JZ4984.5 .A6215 2003 SSTR

The Asia-Pacific : a Region in Transition.
Jim Rolfe.  Honolulu, Hawaii : Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, 2004. 359p.
This issue examines various aspects of change in the Asia-Pacific region along six basic themes. These are : the context of change dealing with globalization as well as defense force structures, the rise of China, challenges faced by Asia-Pacific subregions, transitions to democracy, transitions to market economies, and transitions to open societies.
JZ1980 .A8 2004 

At War's End : Building Peace After Civil Conflict.
Roland Paris.  New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. 289p.
All fourteen major peacebuilding missions launched between 1989 and 1999 shared a common strategy for consolidating peace after internal conflicts : immediate democratization and marketization. This volume argues that transforming war-shattered states into market democracies is a basically sound idea, but that pushing the process too quickly can have damaging and destabilizing effects. A more sensible approach would first establish a system of domestic institutions capable of managing the disruptive effects of democratization and marketization, and only then phase in political and economic reforms as conditions warrant. Avoiding the problems that marred many peacebuilding missions in the 1990s will require longer-lasting, better-planned, and ultimately more intrusive forms of intervention in the domestic affairs of war-torn states.
JZ5538 .P37 2004 SSTR 

Business Dynamics : Sytems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World.
John D. Sterman. Boston : McGraw-Hill, 2000. 982p.
Today's leading authority on the subject of this text is the author, MIT Standish Professor of Management and Director of the System Dynamics Group, John D. Sterman. Sterman's objective is to explain, in a true textbook format, what system dynamics is, and how it can be successfully applied to solve business and organizational problems. System dynamics is both a currently utilized approach to organizational problem solving at the professional level, and a field of study in business, engineering, and social and physical sciences.
HD30.2 .S7835 2000 SSTR

Can might make rights? : building the rule of law after military interventions
Stromseth, Jane E. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. 414 p.
"This book looks at why it is so difficult to create "the rule of law" in post-conflict societies such as Iraq and Afghanistan and offers critical insights into how policymakers and field-workers can improve future rule of law efforts. Aimed at policymakers, field-workers, journalists, and students trying to make sense of the international community's problems in Iraq and elsewhere, this book shows how a narrow focus on building institutions such as courts and legislatures misses the more complex political and cultural issues that affect societal commitment to the values associated with the rule of law. The authors place the rule of law in context, showing the interconnectedness between the rule of law and other post-conflict priorities, from reestablishing security to revitalizing civil society. The authors outline a pragmatic, synergistic approach to the rule of law that promises to reinvigorate debates about transitions to democracy and post-conflict reconstruction."--BOOK JACKET. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
K3171 .S77 2006

China Since Tiananmen : the Politics of Transition.
Joseph Fewsmith. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. 313p.
This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the evolution of China since the Tiananmen Incident (1989)
JQ1510 .F48 2001

China's Third Revolution : Tensions in the Transition Towards a Post-Communist China.
Ian G. Cook.   Richmond, Surrey : Curzon, 2001. 280p.
DS779.26 .C65 2001

Civil-Military Relations, Nation Building, and National Identity : Comparative Perspectives.
Constantine P. (Constantine Panos) Danopoulos. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.  284p.
In an increasingly complex post-Cold War world system, scholars interested in conflict and conflict resolution must consider a wider collection of variables in drawing conclusions about important security issues. This compendium features 13 original essays that explore the importance of culture and identity with respect to civil-military relations, national security, and nation building. Contributors reflect upon both theoretical and substantive issues and draw from case studies representing different regions of the world.
JF195 .C5 C56 2004 SSTR

Civil Society and Political Change in Asia: Expanding and Contracting Democratic Space.
Muthiah Alagappa. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004. 528p.
This book is the first comprehensive, systematic investigation of the connection between civil society and political change in Asia - change toward open, participatory, and accountable politics. Its findings suggest that the link between a vibrant civil society and democracy is indeterminate. Certain types of civil society organizations support democracy, but others have the potential to undermine it. Further, the study argues that while civil society is a key factor in political change, democratic transition and consolidation hinge on the development of effective political parties, legislatures, and state institutions. Rooted in a common definition of civil society, a strong analytical framework, and rich empirical material, the analyses and conclusions of the book will have a lasting impact on the understanding of civil society and its relation to democracy in Asia and around the world.
JQ36 .C58 2004 SSTR

Civil Wars, Insecurity, and Intervention.
Barbara F. Walter & Jack Snyder. New York : Columbia University Press, c1999. 331p.
Shows how fear and uncertainty can combine to promote and prolong civil wars, and uncovers conditions in which high levels of fear and uncertainty are likely to emerge within a country and how outside intervention may or may not help manage these issues. Early chapters assess the concept of the security dilemma, analyze why civil war adversaries walk away from peace negotiations, and discuss problems of demobilization and democratization. Later chapters offer four case studies on Bosnia, Rwanda, Somalia, and Cambodia. Final chapters examine the need for physical separation of competing ethnic groups, and consider why average citizens continue to support bloody wars.
U240 .C584 1999 SSTR

Civilian Control of the Military.
Claude E. Welch. Albany NY : SUNY Press, c1976. 337p.
The greatest increase in military involvement in politics has occurred in the Third World. This book examines several of those countries.
JF195 .C5 C58 1976 SSTR

Committing to Peace : the Successful Settlement of Civil Wars.
Barbara F. Walter. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2002. 200p.
Walter suggests that the resolution of civil wars is a three-step process, starting with combatant decisions on whether to negotiate, compromise, and finally, implement any agreement. Walter's credible commitment theory suggests that once negotiations begin, only third-party security guarantees and combatant willingness to accept power-sharing provisions significantly enhance their readiness to both sign and implement a settlement. To test her theory, she analyzes data from all civil wars fought between 1940 and 1992, confirming that third-party security guarantees and power sharing are essential to combatants in the implementation phase. Walter then applies her findings to civil wars in Zimbabwe and Rwanda to determine why these two factors were so important to the outcome. Although much has been written about the settlement of civil wars, Walter's delineation of three phases and careful analysis of what matters to success is a significant contribution.
U240 .W35 2002 SSTR

Contemporary Conflict Resolution : the Prevention, Management and Transformation of Deadly Conflicts.
Oliver Ramsbotham. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2005. 399p.
Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda. The second edition of this hugely popular text charts the development of the field from its pioneers to its contemporary exponents and offers an assessment of its achievements and the challenges it faces in today's changed security environment. Existing material has been thoroughly updated and new chapters added on peacebuilding from below, reconciliation, responses to terror, gender issues, the ethics of intervention, dialogue, discourse and disagreement, culture and conflict resolution, and future directions for the field. The authors argue that a new form of cosmopolitan conflict resolution is emerging, which offers a hopeful means for human societies to transcend and celebrate their differences.
JZ6010 .R36 2005 SSTR

Contemporary Peacemaking : Conflict, Violence and Peace Processes.
John Darby & Roger MacGinty. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2005. 399p.
Twenty-one papers, seek to sketch out the general contours of peace processes, focusing on key themes and time stages, including preparations, negotiations, violence, peace accords, and peacebuilding. While recognizing that no particular peace process is the same as any other, the authors hope to use the world's experiences with them to demonstrate shared characteristics.
JZ6010 .C665 2003 SSTR

The Culture of Violence.
Kumar Rupesinghe. Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c1994. 292p.
As internal conflicts have outnumbered international or inter-state wars since 1945, understanding such violence is of critical importance. This book examines the relationship between culture and violence, particularly violence between groups within a state, or between the state and groups residing within it.
HM281 .C89 1994

Dark Victory : America's Second War Against Iraq.
Jeffrey Record. Stanford : Stanford University Press, 1998. 350p.
With the support of convincing evidence, the author concludes that America's war against Iraq was both unnecessary and damaging to long-term U.S. security interests. Record faults the administration for preventive, unilateralist policies that alienated friends and allies, weakened international institutions important to the United States, and saddled America with costly, open-ended occupation of an Arab heartland.
DS79.76 .R43 2004 SSTR

Dawn Over Baghdad : How the U.S. Military is Using Bullets and Ballots to Remake Iraq.
Karl Zinsmeister.  San Francisco : Encounter Books, 2004. 237p.
Zinsmeister takes the reader into Iraq's urban neighborhoods, rural villages, and guerrilla snake pits, and shows exactly how young American soldiers are quietly but inexorably choking off a terrorist insurrection and planting the seeds of a dramatically different Iraq. What he discovered - in reporting that is dramatically reinforced in public opinion polls he analyzes - is a story missed or ignored by the mainstream American media: ordinary Iraqis back our war and occupation and the U.S. is on the verge of winning of a tough guerilla struggle.
DS79.76 .Z565 2004 SSTR

Democratic Ideals and Reality : a Study in the Politics of Reconstruction.
Halford John Mackinder.  Washington, DC : National Defense University Press : For sale by U.S. G.P.O., [1996]. 213p.
An NDU edition of the classic work on geopolitics.
D655.M18 1996

Democracy and Democratization : Processes and Prospects in a Changing World.
Georg Sørensen.  Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c1998. 174p.
This book evaluates the current prospects for democracy in the world. The author clarifies the concept of democracy, shows its application in different contexts, and questions whether democratic advancement will continue -- and if so, at what price. The consequences of democracy for economic development, human rights, and peaceful relations among countries are illuminated in both their positive and negative aspects. The second edition features a new section on the prospects of democracy as we approach the millennium, an extended discussion on economic performance in the current democratic transitions, and an evaluation of the possibilities for further democratic consolidation.
JC423 .S69 1998 SSTR

Dilemmas of Weak States : Africa and Transnational Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century.
Tatah Mentan. Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2004. 380p.
Given the dramatic changes that have taken place in global politics in recent years (especially following September 11, 2001), it is time to examine a series of critical issues confronting the global political economy. One of the most important of these issues is terrorism and its relationship with weak states. This book examines the weak state-terrorism nexus with particular emphasis on Africa. Specifically, it provides an in-depth analysis of state weakness, poverty, and the opportunities offered by the latter for the breeding of terrorism and terrorists. It also looks at the part played by radical Islam in transnational terrorism in Africa. Emerging from this study is recognition of a need for the international system to analyze a wide range of issues that contribute to the weakening of African states.
HV6433 .A37M46 2004 SSTR

Driven by Growth : Political Change in the Asia-Pacific Region.
James William Morley. Armonk, NY : M.E. Sharpe, c1999. 393p.
This edition adds chapters on Burma and Vietnam, and updated material throughout reflects the current economic crisis in the region.
JQ750.A91D75 1998

Ending Civil Wars : the Implementation of Peace Agreements.
Stephen John Stedman.  Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner, 2002. 729p.
The outcome of a 1997-2001 research project, conducted by Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation and the International Peace Academy, identifies determinants of successful peace implementation in civil wars. The case studies look at countries in Latin America, Africa, Asian, the Middle East, and the Balkans.
JZ6368 .E53 2002 SSTR

Engineering Peace : the Military Role in Postconflict Reconstruction.
Garland H. Williams.  Washington, DC : Institute of Peace Press, 2004. 317p.
The author analyzes the postconflict reconstruction gap in three case studies - Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan - and shows how military engineering brigades accompanying peacekeeping contingents can be put to use immediately after the conflict ends to restore vital infrastructure and social institutions. The author proposes changes in U.S. national security decision making to integrate military engineering brigades into postconflict reconstruction, thus making U.S. military officials less wary of "mission creep" and nation-building.
U270 .W555 2004 SSTR

Era of Transition : Malaysia after Mahathir
Kee Beng Ooi. Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2006. 183p.
Provides the best-informed analysis to date not only on Abdullah's first 24 months as prime minister but also on Malaysia's first years without Mahathir. 
DS597.2 .062 2006

From Civil Strife to Civil Society : Civil and Military Responsibilities in Disrupted States.
William Maley. Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2003. 369p.
Avoiding any claims of definitiveness, Maley (diplomacy, Australian National U.), Sampford (law, Griffith U., Australia), and Thakur (peace and governance, United Nations U., Japan) offer 18 papers that explore key issues raised by sociopolitical transformations from "disrupted" states to building civil society by international intervention. Major topics include challenges to military operations in disrupted states; ending violence through conflict resolution; and reconstitution of the political, legal, and social order.
JC328.6 .F76 2003  SSTR

The Future of Freedom : Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad.
Fareed Zakaria. New York : W.W. Norton, c2004. 295p.
Democracy has reshaped politics, economics, and culture around the world. This provocative book asks, can you have too much of a good thing? Today we judge the value of every idea, institution, and individual by one test: is it popular? Or, more practically, do the majority of those polled like it? This transformation has affected not just politics but also business, law, culture, and even religion. Every institution and profession in society must democratize or die. Democracy has gone from being a form of government to a way of life. Like any broad transformation, however, the trends that democracy unleashes are not uniformly benign. Democracy has its dark sides, yet to question it has been to provoke instant criticism that you are "out of sync" with the times. The Future of Freedom calls for a restoration of the balance between liberty and democracy and shows how liberal democracy has to be made effective and relevant for our time. Woodrow Wilson said the challenge of the twentieth century was to make the world safe for democracy. This penetrating book challenges us to make democracy safe for the world.
JC423 .Z35 2004  SSTR

Greed and Grievance : Economic Agendas in Civil Wars.
Mats Berdal and David M. Malone. Ottawa : Lynne Rienner, 2000. 251p.
Contributors from international relations, area studies, peace research, strategic studies, and other fields consider the economic rationality of conflict for belligerents in civil wars, the economic strategies that elites use to sustain their positions, and in what situations elites find war to be more profitable than peace. They also consider what incentives and disincentives are available to international actors seeking to restore peace to war-torn societies. The 11 papers are from an April 1999 conference in London.
HB195 .G72 2000 SSTR

Guide to IGOs, NGOs, and the Military in Peace and Relief Operations.
Pamela R. Aall. Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace Press, 2000. 295p.
This portable handbook profiles the outlook, culture, and operations of the major third-party players and institutions involved in peace and relief operations, to help field staff, students, the media, and other observers keep track of who's who. Sections outline the workings of intergovernmental organizations, such as the UN; private, nongovernmental organizations, whose number has nearly doubled since 1978, to over 16,000 internationally; and the military--including a guide to identifying the service, rank, and specialty of military personnel as well as the weapons and aircraft most likely to be seen in the field.
JZ4850 .A17 2000 SSTR

Humanitarian Intervention : Ethical, Legal and Political Dilemmas.
J.L. Holzgrefe. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003. 350p.
This is a thoughtful, scholarly collection of eight essays by prominent thinkers with diversified backgrounds in law, philosophy, and political science. The authors participated in a conference at the Kennan Institute for Ethics at Duke University and attended a follow-up conference at the Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard University in September 2001. The contributors are concerned with the issue of humanitarian intervention in the instance of state failure to protect minorities. Humanitarian intervention is defined as the "threat or use of force across state borders by a state (or group of states) aimed at preventing or ending widespread and grave violations of the fundamental human rights of individuals other than its own citizens, without the permission of the state within whose territory force is applied." The book looks at the issue from the relevant ethical, legal, and political perspectives. Michael Ignatieff's essay "State Failure and Nation Building" is especially topical in view of the situations in countries such as Somalia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Colombia, and Sri Lanka.
KZ6369 .H85 2003

Information and communication technology for peace : the role of ICT in preventing, responding to and recovering from conflict
Stauffacher, Daniel. New York, N.Y. : United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, c2005.
The report maps out different possible uses of ICT in the areas of early warning and conflict prevention, operations and support, mediation and reconciliation and post-conflict reconstruction and peace-building. Cross-cutting areas such as the use of the internet, the role of the media, technical development, networking and learning are also investigated.
JZ5597 .I54 2005 SSTR

Indonesia Beyond Suharto : Polity, Economy, Society, Transition.
Donald K. Emmerson. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1999. 395p.
The best book on Indonesia in years tells the history of these ethnically diverse people who declared independence from Dutch colonizers and Japanese occupiers in August 1945. Actual independence did not materialize until 1949 when the Dutch finally relinquished control of the islands after heavy fighting. A coup attempt and a countercoup in 1965 marked the rise of anticommunist Suharto, named president in 1968 after having outmaneuvered President Sukarno. After years of stability and economic growth, Suharto, faced with an economic crisis in 1997, resigned in 1998. The ethnic, religious, geographical, linguistic, and ideological tensions threatening Indonesia's unity required repeated compromises, resolve, and persuasion. The sources of tension remain, and the political balancing act necessary to preserve unity could not be appreciated without the historical background.
JQ770 .I57 1999

International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War.
Paul C. Stern.  Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000. 626p.
Examines evidence on the effectiveness of a dozen approaches to managing or resolving conflict in the world. It considers recent applications of familiar strategies such as threats of force, economic sanctions, and negotiations. It also assesses some less familiar approaches, including truth commissions, engineered electoral systems, and autonomy arrangements. Although the product of a group of rigorous scholarly analysts, this book is written in everyday language so that the insights gained will be of use to practitioners of international conflict resolution as well as theorist.
JZ6010 .I57 2000 SSTR

Iraqi Security Forces : a Strategy for Success.
Anthony H. Cordesman.  Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2005. 410p.
Author, radio commentator, and sometime US government agent, Cordesman (Center for Strategic and International Studies) argues that the US must construct Iraqi military, security, and police forces as an essential element of nation-building and stability, and presents a program for doing so. The author sets out a number of US policy prescriptions that he believes, if applied consistently and with the necessary resources, could help to stabilize Iraq.
DS79.769 .C67 2005 SSTR

Korean Security Dynamics in Transition.
Kyung-Ae Park.  New York : Palgrave, 2001. 209p.
This volume brings together the work of ten leading experts on Korean politics to critically analyze the key factors and issues that are shaping a newly emerging security regime on and around the Korean peninsula. The Korean security regime is undergoing a swift structural change at the beginning of the 21st century. South Korea's policy towards North Korea has fundamentally changed under the Kim Dae Jung government, and the North, which has long been isolated, is aggressively reaching out to the international community. The US, China, and Japan changed their approach to the Korean peninsula in response to these initiatives by the two Koreas. Using first-hand knowledge and personal observations gleaned from visits to North Korea, Japan, South Korea, and China, the contributors examine emerging inter-Korean security relations, US-Korean security relations, and the dynamics among major powers that affect the security of both Koreas.
UA853 .K5 K65 2001 

Making Majorities : Constituting the Nation in Japan, Korea, China, Malaysia, Fiji, Turkey, and the United States.
Dru C. Gladney. Stanford : Stanford University Press, 1998. 350p.
Majorities are made, not born. This book argues that there are no pure majorities in the Asia-Pacific region, broadly defined, nor in the West. Numerically, ethnically, politically, and culturally, societies make and mark their majorities under specific historical, political, and social circumstances. This position challenges Samuel Huntington's influential thesis that civilizations are composed of more or less homogeneous cultures, suggesting instead that culture is as malleable as the politics that informs it.
GN495.6 .M35 1998

Multiple Paths to Knowledge in International Relations : Methodology in the Study of Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution.
Zeev Maoz, etal.  Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2004. 373p.
Contributors offer twelve articles that apply analytical approaches to the study of conflict management and conflict resolution at the international level. Articles include analyzing conflict through rational choice and game theory approaches, simulation through artificial intelligence, quantitative methods, and analysis of case studies. They argue that using these tools as an integral part of the study of conflict management and conflict resolution will produce results with substance.
JZ1234 .M85 2004

Muslims and the West : Quest for "Change" and Conflict Resolution.
Mahboob A. Khawaja.  Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 2000.  234p.
Khawaja analyzes the political and religious factors contributing to the western scholarly concept, phenomenon, and issue of Islamic fundamentalism; its consequences for change, peace, and conflict resolution; and its impact on contemporary relationships between the Islamic world and the west.
BP163 .K5376 2000 SSTR  

Myanmar's Long Road to National Reconciliation.
Trevor Wilson.  Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ; Canberra, Australia : Asia Pacific Press, c2006. 310p.
"A collection of papers originally presented at the 2004 Myanmar/Burma Update Conference organized by the Dept. of Political & Social Change, The Australian National University Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Canberra, on 18-19 November 2004".
DS597.2 .C477 2002

Nation-building : Five Southeast Asian Histories.
Gungwu Wang. Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2005. 288p.
These ten papers are based on those given to the 2002 ISEAS conference in which historians explored many factors which relate to the writing of histories of nation-building. Such existing works of contemporary history in Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore are discussed in relation to relevant internal and external pressures, and positive future developments in the historiography of Southeast Asia.
DS526.7 .N37 2005 SSTR

Nation-building : A Key Concept for Peaceful Conflict Transformation?
Jochen Hippler. London : Pluto in association with the Development and Peace Foundation, Bonn, 2005. 202p.
The term 'nation-building' has experienced a remarkable renaissance since the early 1990s. It has been used to describe and to justify the military interventions in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Linked to the idea of 'failed' or 'failing' states, the concept is used to hide and legitimize a whole range of diverse policies, allowing foreign powers to control and reshape countries in areas of conflict. Currently the international debate on nation building is heavily dominated by US actors and authors. This book presents academic and political alternatives, presenting a critical view from 'Old Europe'. Highlighting its connections to globalization, democracy, ethnic and religious minorities, the contributors consider case studies such as Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq and Nigeria.
JZ5584 .D4 N38 2005 SSTR

Nation-building : and Peace and Justice in Afghanistan.
Antonio Donini. Bloomfield, CT : Kumarian Press, 2004. 236p.
Written primarily by individuals who have been directly involved with the international political, assistance, and human rights activities in Afghanistan post-September 11th, nearly a dozen papers assess the policies and processes of the global- ordering project dubbed "nation building." Essays on human rights work, political institutions, the role of women are grouped around the theme of "prioritization of imperatives." Other papers look at problems of politicization of global ordering and criticisms of current forms of intervention.
DS371.4 .N37 2004 SSTR

Nation-building : Beyond Afghanistan and Iraq.
Francis Fukuyama. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. 262p.
Fukuyama brings together contributors from the Hoover Institution, the RAND Institute, the Carnegie Foundation for International Peace, the Ford Foundation, and other institutions in order to assess US "nation-building" efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. They further seek to draw lessons from these examples, as well as broader historical experience, for future "nation-building" missions.
JZ6300 .N38 2006 SSTR

No more states? : globalization, national self-determination, and terrorism
Rosecrance, Richard N. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2006. 308p.
The twentieth century witnessed an explosion of new nations carved out of existing ramshackle empires and multiethnic states. Many observers contend that the creation of new states will continue indefinitely, with the two hundred of today becoming the four hundred of tomorrow as more groups seek independence. This provocative and compelling book explores the impact of globalization and terrorism on this trend, arguing convincingly that the era of national self-determination has finally come to an end. Examining the forces that determine the emergence of new nation-states, the distinguished contributors consider a rich array of specific cases from the Middle East, Asia, North America, Europe, and Russia where new states could be created.
JZ1318 .N6 2006

Nurturing Peace : Why Peace Settlements Succeed or Fail.
Fen Osler Hampson. Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace Press, 1996. 287p.
This timely addition to the literature on why and how wars end, focuses on civil wars, now the predominant form of global political violence. To determine why some agreements work and others fail, the author concentrates on factors such as the role of third party intervenors, conflict structure, regional power shifts, and the range of issues in peace settlements. The five chapters cover regional case studies that are closely related but not necessarily uniform : Cyprus, Namibia, Angola, El Salvador, and Cambodia. The scholarship, based largely on secondary sources, is instructive, as are the conclusions, some of which challenge prevailing assumptions. Hampson questions the importance of "hurting stalemates" in making situations "ripe for peace," for example, in light of the potential for intervenors to help craft power-sharing arrangements and sustain fruitful mediation or negotiation processes. He sees prolonged negotiations and "trial-and-error learning," as well as stabilized regional political environments and power balances, as keys to successful settlement.
JX1952 .H28 1996 SSTR

Opportunities Missed, Opportunities Seized : Preventive Diplomacy in the Post-Cold War World.
Bruce W. Jentleson.  Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2000. 431p.
The basic logic of preventive diplomacy is unassailable. Act early to prevent disputes from escalating; reduce tensions that could lead to war; deal with today's conflicts before they become tomorrow's crises. Yet as we look at the record of these first years of the post-Cold War era, it is quite mixed. There have been some preventive diplomacy successes, opportunities that have been seized by major powers and international organizations to help preserve and protect the peace. But there also have been other opportunities that have been missed, with some of the century's most deadly conflicts the result.
JZ1305 .O67 2000