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Book SynopsisThis collection of original essays is one of the first to examine the implications and efficacy of regional conflict management in the new world order.
Trade ReviewRegional Conflict Management is an analytically sound and well-integrated synthesis of the new issues that have emerged in regional security. It provides an excellent combination of both theoretical background and empirical case studies covering Europe and the ex-Soviet republics, East and Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa and Latin America. In each of the geographical case studies, the chapters explore incisively the global ramifications of regional conflicts, and alternative strategies of containment. -- Raju G. C. Thomas, Marquette University
Until the terrorist attacks on the United States in September 2001 the most serious security problem facing the world was the outbreak of numerous regional conflicts in the decade following the end of the Cold War. Regional Conflict Management provides a 'state of the art' assessment of this important subfield of security studies. The editors provide a sophisticated, but very readable, overview of key aspects of the literature on regional conflict managment, supplemented by excellent empirical assessments of conflict management in six regions of the workd—Africa, East Asia, Latin America, South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The end result is an important book that contributes to the theoretical and empirical advancement of the field of regional security studies. -- Roger E. Kanet, University of Miami
Diehl and Lepgold have produced what will become one of the defining works in the area of conflict analysis and resolution. Their innovative approach to using case exemplars to illuminate the new realities of the post-Cold War environment enables the reader to gain an appreciation for the contextual discontinuities surrounding contemporary cases that require international and/or regional intervention. A must-read. Essential. * CHOICE *
Combines essays on approaches to regional conflict management with cast studies on their application in different areas of the world. * The Chronicle of Higher Education *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I: Regional Approaches to Conflict Management: Incentives and Approaches Chapter 3 Regionalism in the Post-Cold War Era: Incentives for Conflict Management Chapter 4 Regional Conflict Management: Strategies, Necessary Conditions, and Comparative Effectiveness Part 5 Part II: Case Studies in Regional Conflict Management Chapter 6 Regional Conflict Management in Africa Chapter 7 The Dilemma of Regional Security in East Asia: Multilateralism versus Bilateralism Chapter 8 Conflict Management in Latin America Chapter 9 Conflict Management in the Middle East: Between the "Old" and the "New" Chapter 10 Managing Conflict in South Asia Chapter 11 Regional Conflict Management in Europe Chapter 12 Conclusion: Patterns and Discontinuities in Regional Conflict Management
