From Promise to Practice: Strengthening UN Capacities for the Prevention of Conflict

How can the United Nations, regional and subregional organizations, government donors, and other policymakers best apply the tools of conflict prevention to the wide range of intrastate conflict situations actually found in the field? The detailed case studies and analytical chapters in From Promise to Practice offer operational lessons for fashioning strategy and tactics to meet the challenges of specific conflicts, both potential and actual. Contents Foreword Acknowledgments 1 Introduction Part 1 Theoretical Challenges, Operational Opportunities 2 From Risk to Response: Phases of Conflict, Phases of Conflict Prevention 3 Third-Party Incentives and the Phases of Conflict Prevention Part 2 Lessons from the Field: Managing the Gestation of Conflict 4 Quiet Diplomacy and Recurring "Ethnic Clashes" in Kenya 5 Zanzibar: A Multilevel Analysis of Conflict Prevention 6 Fiji: Peacemaking in a Multiethnic State Part 3 Lessons from the Field: Anticipating the Triggers of Violence 7 Javakheti, Georgia: Why Conflict Prevention? 8 East Timor: The Path to Self-Determination Part 4 Lessons from the Field: Preventing Escalation or Resurgence 9 Colombia: International Involvement in Protracted Peacemaking 10 Tajikistan: Bad Peace Agreements and Prolonged Civil Conflict 11 Liberia: Legacies and Leaders 12 Preventing Conflict Escalation in Burundi Part 5 Options for the Future 13 Insights from the Cases: Opportunities and Challenges for Preventive Actors 14 From Promise to Practice? Conflict Prevention at the UN List of Acronyms Selected Bibliography The Contributors Index About the Book