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Author: J. Taulbee
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-12-17
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 1137429194
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe post-Cold War world allows space for less powerful states to develop influential roles in responding to specific international problems. Norway has focused on the persistent issue of violent ethno-political conflict. This book explains why Norway chose its peace policy and demonstrates what is has been able to achieve.
Author: Mark Salter
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 566
ISBN-13: 1849045747
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fascinating inside look at what it takes to bring irreconcilable foes to the conference table and the pressures of brokering peace in an ethnically riven society at war with itself
Author: Hagemann, Anine
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Published: 2019-04-09
Total Pages: 57
ISBN-13: 9289361433
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor a long time, the Nordic countries have been a region of peace, with the ability to resolve conflicts peacefully among themselves, and a region for peace, actively promoting peace globally. Although efforts to actively brand the Nordic region are ongoing, the Nordic Peace brand is an area with untapped potential. The Nordics have rich traditions for working together on peace and conflict resolution. These joint efforts have grown organically and informally from like-mindedness, letting the common Nordic culture and ways of working foster integration among them where relevant. The people working in the Nordic countries on Nordic cooperation and peace recognize the potential of strengthening the Nordic Peace brand. One area of special potential is increasing focus on the shared Nordic priorities of prevention and the women, peace and security agenda as part of the Nordic Peace brand.
Author: Nevra Biltekin
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2022-07-18
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781800735897
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince 1814 Sweden has avoided involvement in armed conflicts and carried out policies of non-alignment in peacetime and neutrality during war. Even though the Swedish government often describes Sweden as a ‘nation of peace’, in 2004 the 200-year anniversary of that peace passed by with barely any attention. Despite its extraordinary longevity, research about the Swedish experience of enduring peace is underdeveloped. 200 Years of Peace places this long period of peace in broader academic and public discussions surrounding claimed Swedish exceptionality as it is represented in the nation’s social policies, expansive welfare state, eugenics, gender equality programs, and peace.
Author: Alyson J. K. Bailes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780199290840
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1999 the EU decided to develop its own military capacities for crisis management. This book brings together a group of experts to examine the consequences of this decision on Nordic policy establishments, as well as to shed new light on the defence and security issues that matter for Europe as a whole.
Author: Clive Archer
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Published: 1998-08-24
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work explains the paradox of the close involvement of Norway with the Atlantic Alliance and its distance from mainstream European integration. The authors explore: the precarious nature of Norway's relationship with European integration; and the conditions for Norwegian membership of the EU.
Author: Benjamin de Carvalho
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-09-15
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1317637305
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStatus-seeking is an important aspect of the foreign policies of a number of small states, but one that has been rarely studied. This book aims to contribute to our understanding not only of status-seeking, by coming at that question from a new angle, that of a small state, but also to our understanding of foreign policy, by discussing the importance of status for foreign policy overall. If status is a hierarchy, then it is important to focus not just on the highest-ranking powers, but also those at lower levels. As the distribution of power is becoming more diffuse, the role of small and medium powers becomes more significant than it was during the Cold war. The book chapters go beyond familiar explications of "soft power" or conflict resolution to highlight new aspects of Norway’s foreign policy, including contributions to national defense, global warming, and management of Arctic resources. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in areas including US Foreign Policy, International Relations and European Politics.
Author: Chanaka Talpahewa
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-03-03
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1317082710
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHave we reached an end to the era of peaceful third party intervention in conflict management and resolution? In the 1990s, with the ending of the Cold War, the intervention of third parties as a non-violent means of negotiating settlements of intra-state conflicts gained prominence but the emphasis in the twenty-first century has been increasingly on military responses. Peaceful Intervention in Intra-State Conflicts: Norwegian Involvement in the Sri Lankan Peace Process is an in-depth, impartial discussion on the background, decision making processes and procedures and related actions in the Norwegian facilitated peace process in Sri Lanka that gradually shifted towards a military solution. It provides the reader with evidence based comprehensive analysis on the attempts of peaceful third party intervention in a complex ethno-separatist intra-state conflict.
Author: Geir K. Almlid
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published:
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 3031462858
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Paul B. Stares
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2017-12-19
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 0231544189
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe United States faces an increasingly turbulent world. The risk of violent conflict and other threats to international order presents a vexing dilemma: should the United States remain the principal guarantor of global peace and security with all its considerable commitments and potential pitfalls––not least new and costly military entanglements––that over time diminish its capacity and commitment to play this vital role or, alternatively, should it pull back from the world in the interests of conserving U.S. power, but at the possible cost of even greater threats emerging in the future? Paul B. Stares proposes an innovative and timely strategy—“preventive engagement”—to resolve America’s predicament. This approach entails pursuing three complementary courses of action: promoting policies known to lessen the risk of violent conflict over the long term; anticipating and averting those crises likely to lead to costly military commitments in the medium term; and managing ongoing conflicts in the short term before they escalate further and exert pressure on the United States to intervene. In each of these efforts, forging “preventive partnerships” with a variety of international actors, including the United Nations, regional organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and the business community, is essential. The need to think and act ahead that lies at the heart of a preventive engagement strategy requires the United States to become less shortsighted and reactive. Drawing on successful strategies in other areas, Preventive Engagement provides a detailed and comprehensive blueprint for the United States to shape the future and reduce the potential dangers ahead.
