The suppression of war has been the primary objective of the United Nations for almost fifty years, and stopping a war before it starts is easier than ending a war already underway. History, however, has shown that military interventions and economic sanctions often do more harm than good. In Preventive Diplomacy, Nobel prize winners, top officials, and revered thinkers tackle these issues and explore the process of conflict prevention from humanitarian, economic, and political perspectives. This cross-disciplinary reader on global politics demonstrates that when new insights and methodologies…mehr
The suppression of war has been the primary objective of the United Nations for almost fifty years, and stopping a war before it starts is easier than ending a war already underway. History, however, has shown that military interventions and economic sanctions often do more harm than good. In Preventive Diplomacy, Nobel prize winners, top officials, and revered thinkers tackle these issues and explore the process of conflict prevention from humanitarian, economic, and political perspectives. This cross-disciplinary reader on global politics demonstrates that when new insights and methodologies on public health are applied to the handling of international disasters, the change in policy perspective is intriguing--even hopeful.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Kevin M. Cahill is president and director of the Center for International Health and Cooperation in New York City. He also serves as director of the Tropical Disease Center at Lenox Hill Hospital and runs the joint degree program with CUNY for their International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance. He is also the author of AFramework for Survival (1999) and the forthcoming Clearing the Fields.
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Part 1 OLD CONCEPTS / NEW A PPROACHES Chapter 1 A CLINICIAN'S CAUTION, Lord DavidOwen Chapter 2 PEACE AND THE HEALING PROCESS, JohnHume Chapter 3 THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY, MohammedBedjaoui Chapter 4 THE CHALLENGE OF HUMANITARIANISM, PeterHansen Chapter 5 DEVELOPING PREVENTIVE JOURNALISM, Michael J.O'Neill Part 2 P ARTICULAR P ROBLEMS IN PREVENTIVE D IPLOMACY Chapter 6 WOMEN AS PartNERS FOR PEACE, RosarioGreen Chapter 7 NEUTRALITY OR IMPartIALITY, AlainDestexhe Chapter 8 CHANGING CONCEPTS OF DISPLACEMENT AND SOVEREIGNTY, FrancisDeng Chapter 9 ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AS A MEANS TO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, Lord Robert Skidelsky, EdwardMortimer Part 3 M AJOR A CTORS Chapter 10 CREATING HEALTHY ALLIANCES, CyrusVance, Herbert S.Okun Chapter 11 THE PEACEKEEPING PRESCRIPTION, Kofi A.Annan Chapter 12 REFLECTIONS ON THE ROLE OF THE UN AND ITS SECTRETARY-GENERAL, BoutrosBoutros-Ghali Chapter 13 OBSERVATION, TRIAGE, AND INITIAL THERAPY, MarrackGoulding Chapter 14 ESTABLISHING TRUST IN THE HEALER: PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY AND THE F UTURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS, JanEliasson Part 4 POTENTIAL PartICIPANTS IN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY Chapter 15 EARLY-WARNING SYSTEMS: FROM SURVEILLANCE TO ASSESSMENT TO ACTION, Ted RobertGurr Chapter 16 LOCALIZING OUTBREAKS, Salim AhmedSalim Chapter 17 INTERNATIONAL NGOS IN PREVENTING CONFLICT, KennethHackett Chapter 18 EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE: THREATS TO GLOBAL S ECURITY, Scott R.Lillibridge Conclusion NOTES ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND THE CIHC INDEX
Part 1 OLD CONCEPTS / NEW A PPROACHES Chapter 1 A CLINICIAN'S CAUTION, Lord DavidOwen Chapter 2 PEACE AND THE HEALING PROCESS, JohnHume Chapter 3 THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY, MohammedBedjaoui Chapter 4 THE CHALLENGE OF HUMANITARIANISM, PeterHansen Chapter 5 DEVELOPING PREVENTIVE JOURNALISM, Michael J.O'Neill Part 2 P ARTICULAR P ROBLEMS IN PREVENTIVE D IPLOMACY Chapter 6 WOMEN AS PartNERS FOR PEACE, RosarioGreen Chapter 7 NEUTRALITY OR IMPartIALITY, AlainDestexhe Chapter 8 CHANGING CONCEPTS OF DISPLACEMENT AND SOVEREIGNTY, FrancisDeng Chapter 9 ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AS A MEANS TO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, Lord Robert Skidelsky, EdwardMortimer Part 3 M AJOR A CTORS Chapter 10 CREATING HEALTHY ALLIANCES, CyrusVance, Herbert S.Okun Chapter 11 THE PEACEKEEPING PRESCRIPTION, Kofi A.Annan Chapter 12 REFLECTIONS ON THE ROLE OF THE UN AND ITS SECTRETARY-GENERAL, BoutrosBoutros-Ghali Chapter 13 OBSERVATION, TRIAGE, AND INITIAL THERAPY, MarrackGoulding Chapter 14 ESTABLISHING TRUST IN THE HEALER: PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY AND THE F UTURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS, JanEliasson Part 4 POTENTIAL PartICIPANTS IN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY Chapter 15 EARLY-WARNING SYSTEMS: FROM SURVEILLANCE TO ASSESSMENT TO ACTION, Ted RobertGurr Chapter 16 LOCALIZING OUTBREAKS, Salim AhmedSalim Chapter 17 INTERNATIONAL NGOS IN PREVENTING CONFLICT, KennethHackett Chapter 18 EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE: THREATS TO GLOBAL S ECURITY, Scott R.Lillibridge Conclusion NOTES ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND THE CIHC INDEX
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