Peace studies and conflict resolution

The Oxford Handbook on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations presents an innovative, authoritative, and accessible examination and critique of the United Nations peacekeeping operations.

Countries emerging from civil war or protracted violence often face the daunting challenge of rebuilding their economy while simultaneously creating the political and social conditions for a stable peace.

Recent years have seen an increasing emphasis on local ownership in United Nations peacekeeping.

The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is intended to provide an effective framework for responding to crimes of genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is intended to provide an effective framework for responding to crimes of genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

United Nations peacekeeping has undergone radical transformation in the new millennium.

Dangerous Diplomacy reassesses the role of the UN Secretariat during the Rwandan genocide.

'Peace' is often simplistically assumed to be war's opposite, and as such is not examined closely or critically idealized in the literature of peace studies, its crucial role in the justification of war is often overlooked.

'Peace' is often simplistically assumed to be war's opposite, and as such is not examined closely or critically idealized in the literature of peace studies, its crucial role in the justification of war is often overlooked.

No modern intervention is intended to endure indefinitely; indeed some fashion of exit is always envisioned from the outset.

Among the constitutive elements of the responsibility to protect (R2P), prevention has been deemed by many as the most important.

The question of the legality of humanitarian intervention is, at first blush, a simple one.

This book examines the role of local peacebuilders in Northern Ireland and some of the challenges they face.

This book examines the role of local peacebuilders in Northern Ireland and some of the challenges they face.

In the international press, East Africa is depicted as a region mired in civil war, child abduction, rebel militias, Muslim-Christian violence, and grinding poverty.

In the international press, East Africa is depicted as a region mired in civil war, child abduction, rebel militias, Muslim-Christian violence, and grinding poverty.

Costa Rica is the only full-fledged and totally independent country to be entirely demilitarized.

The peaceful end of apartheid in South Africa was a monumental event in late twentieth century history.

The peaceful end of apartheid in South Africa was a monumental event in late twentieth century history.

Learn to assess the situation, manage your emotions, and move on.

Rebooting Clausewitz offers an entirely new take on the work of history's greatest theorist of war.

Rebooting Clausewitz offers an entirely new take on the work of history's greatest theorist of war.

Terrorism and radicalization came to the forefront of news and politics in the US after the unforgettable attacks of September 11th, 2001.

Terrorism and radicalization came to the forefront of news and politics in the US after the unforgettable attacks of September 11th, 2001.

Civil wars are among the most difficult problems in world politics.

Civil wars are among the most difficult problems in world politics.

The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (UNPBC) was established in December 2005 to develop outlines of best practice in post-conflict reconstruction, and to secure the political and material resources necessary to assist states in transition from conflict to peacetime.

The idea of studying peace has gained considerable traction in the past few years after languishing in the shadows of conflict for decades but how should it be studied?

The idea of studying peace has gained considerable traction in the past few years after languishing in the shadows of conflict for decades but how should it be studied?

Peace is a universal ideal, but its political life is a great paradox: "e;peace"e; is the opposite of war, but it also enables war.

Peace is a universal ideal, but its political life is a great paradox: "e;peace"e; is the opposite of war, but it also enables war.

Passed in 2000, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and subsequent seven Resolutions make up the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda.

Passed in 2000, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and subsequent seven Resolutions make up the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda.

The atrocities of civil wars present us with many difficult questions.

The atrocities of civil wars present us with many difficult questions.

Alongside other types of mass atrocities, genocide has received extensive scholarly, policy, and practitioner attention.

The Puzzle of Peace moves beyond defining peace as the absence of war and develops a broader conceptualization and explanation for the increasing peacefulness of the international system.

National security has been at the forefront of the Israeli experience for seven decades, with threats ranging from terrorism, to vast rocket and missile arsenals, and even existential nuclear dangers.

National security has been at the forefront of the Israeli experience for seven decades, with threats ranging from terrorism, to vast rocket and missile arsenals, and even existential nuclear dangers.

As Oliver Richmond explains, there is a level to peacemaking that operates in the realm of dialogue, declarations, symbols and rituals.

In 1915, women from over thirty countries met in The Hague to express opposition to World War I and propose ways to end it.

In Quality Peace, leading peace researcher Peter Wallensteen offers a broad analysis of peacebuilding, isolating what does and not work when settling conflicts.

This is an open access title.

This volume represents an important new step forward in the fields of conflict resolution and peace studies.

Although the act of conscientious objection entered modern consciousness most strikingly as a result of the Vietnam War, Americans have long struggled to reconcile their politics, pacifist beliefs, and compulsory military service.

Mobilizing for Peace brings together the work of international experts to provide an in-depth study of thirty-three peace/conflict organizations in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Israel/Palestine.

The international community has donated nearly one trillion dollars during the last four decades to reconstruct post-conflict countries and prevent the outbreak of more civil war.

A sweeping overview of civil resistance movements around the world that explains what they are, how they work, why they are often effective, and why they can fail.

A sweeping overview of civil resistance movements around the world that explains what they are, how they work, why they are often effective, and why they can fail.

In 1915, women from over thirty countries met in The Hague to express opposition to World War I and propose ways to end it.