Planning for Intervention International Cooperation in Conflict Management

This important volume by two renowned scholars offers a radical & original strategy to change the way the problem of intervention into internal state conflicts is handled by the world community of nations. Planning for Intervention examines both the failures & successes of intervention by the international community into the internal conflicts that are plaguing the post cold war world. It examines the legal framework & the bureaucratic & political realities that govern intervention & helps to explain why performance has been so uneven. The strategy offered by the authors operates within the parameters of legal & political limits to improve effectiveness by increasing international cooperation. Although radical & original in the context of international intervention, it has strong precedents in both industry & in actual conflict resolution. It involves a move to decentralization of operations to the field, permitting those on the scene to exercise far greater responsibility than is now the case. It details models of success, & argues that effective decentralization can be institutionalized. For this proposed strategy to be effective, responsible leadership of international organizations & their member states requires reassurance. This reassurance can be provided by a process of systematic & joint planning for intervention performed at the highest level as well as by careful training within civilian agencies that deal with diplomacy or humanitarian services. All of the arguments & strategies developed by the authors are supported by rich examples developed from case studies of how to effectively accomplish their goal of mitigating the outbreaks of violent conflicts through improved international cooperation in intervention. This ground-breaking work is essential reading for all those in government agencies, international organizations, & policy making positions as well as scholars & practitioners concerned with issues of international conflict management & resolution.Chayes, Antonia H. is the author of 'Planning for Intervention International Cooperation in Conflict Management' with ISBN 9789041192424 and ISBN 9041192425.