Managing Conflict in the New Europe: The Role of International Institutions

236 Pages·2002·0.701 MB·English

by  Fergus Carr, Theresa Callan (auth.)

Managing Conflict in the New Europe

Managing Conflict in the
New Europe
The Role of International Institutions
Fergus Carr
Principal Lecturer in International Politics
University of Portsmouth
and
Theresa Callan
Lecturer in International Politics
University of Portsmouth
© Fergus Carr and Theresa Callan 2002
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Carr, Fergus
Managing conflict in the new Europe: the role of international institutions/
Fergus Carr and Theresa Callan.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Europe–Foreign relations–1989- 2. International agencies. 3. Security,
International. I. Callan, Theresa, 1967- II. Title
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To the memory of
Sean Carr and Francis Callan

Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Preface xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
1 Managing Conflict in the New Europe 1
International institutions, states and cooperation 3
Conclusions 14
2 Conflict in the Cold War and Post-Cold War Worlds 19
Introduction 19
Conflict and the international order in the Cold War 19
Soviet security interests 20
United States security in Europe 25
The nuclear arms race 30
Détente 33
The role of the United Nations in Cold War
conflict resolution 34
Transition in the European order 36
The new world order 40
United States security in the new world order 42
Russian security in the new European order 45
The new European order 49
Conclusion 53
3 Conflict and its Management 55
Managing conflict in the Cold War era 56
The salience of intra-state conflict 58
Bipolarity, contingency and complementarity:
writings on conflict management 64
Addressing intra-state conflict 66
The need for a ‘new diplomacy’ 69
Contemporary conflict ‘management’ 73
Conflict resolution 74
Post-conflict peace-building 76
Conclusion 80
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4 The New European Security Architecture 82
Introduction 82
NATO 82
The United Nations 90
The OSCE within the European security architecture 95
The European Union 101
NATO’s 1999 Strategic Concept 113
Conclusion 116
5 The Management of Inter-State Conflict 118
Institutional types and settings 118
Institutions and member states 120
The ‘outreach’ of international organizations 127
Arms control 140
Conclusion 147
6 Managing Intra-State Conflict: the Case of
the Former Yugoslavia 150
Slovenian and Croatian independence: the
EC intervention 150
Bosnia-Herzegovina: independence and the
international community 153
Operation Deliberate Force 159
Dayton and beyond 160
Kosovo 166
Conclusion 195
7 Conclusion 197
Bibliography 205
Index 219
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the Centre for European Studies Research at
the University of Portsmouth under whose auspices research for this
book was undertaken. We would also acknowledge the assistance given
at the relevant international institutions in the provision of informa-
tion and clarification. Particular thanks go to Carolyn for all her help
with the manuscript and its preparation. We would also say thank you
to Madeleine and Poe for their assistance in the production of the text.
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