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Title:
Interventions in conflict : international peacemaking in the Middle East / edited by Rami G. Khouri, Karim Makdisi, Martin W©Þhlisch.
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
vi, 214 pages ; 22 cm
Subject:
Peace-building--Middle East.
Arab-Israeli conflict--Peace.
United Nations--Middle East.
Other Authors:
Khouri, Rami G., 1948- editor.
Makdisi, Karim, 1970- editor.
W©Þhlisch, Martin, 1982- editor.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction / Rami G. Khouri, Karim Makdisi, and Martin Wahlisch -- pt. I. Peacemaking and the United Nations. Introduction / Karim Makdisi ; 1. Making and keeping the peace: reflections on UN experiences in the Middle East and Afghanistan / Lakhdar Brahimi ; 2. Peacemaking under the United Nations flag: reflections on a quarter century of mediations / Jan Eliasson ; 3. Lessons learned from a quarter century of peacemaking / ©lvaro de Soto ; 4. Crossroads of crisis: Yarmouk, Syria, and the predicament of the Palestinian refugees / Filippo Grandi ; 5. The UN in the Middle East and the Arab Awakening / Richard Falk -- Part II. The Arab-Israeli conflict. Introduction / Rami G. Khouri ; 6. Thirty years after Camp David: a memo to the Arab world, Israel, and the Quartet / Jimmy Carter ; 7. The situation in the Middle East: a vision for the future / Amr Moussa ; 8. Talking with Islamists: the need for mutual dignity and respect / Alastair Crooke ; 9. Supervising a temporary truce, working for a permanent peace: UNTSO's mission in the Middle East / Robert Mood -- pt. III. Paths in conflict resolution. Introduction / Martin W©Þhlisch ; 10. Beyond mediation: promoting change and resolving conflict through authentic national dialogues / Hannes Siebert ; 11. Preventing and resolving deadly conflict: what have we learned? / Gareth Evans ; 12. The public as peacemaker: how polling in divided societies can promote negotiated agreements / Colin Irwin ; 13. Fostering power-sharing and governance in pluralistic societies: lessons from Canada's experience / Bob Rae.
Summary:
"This collected volume presents reflections from prominent international peacemakers in the Middle East, including Jimmy Charter, Lakhdar Brahimi, Jan Eliasson, Alvaro de Soto, and others. It provides unique insights and lessons learned about diplomacy and international peace mediation practice based on real life experience. The personal stories offer a critical analysis of successful and unsuccessful peace processes, as well as the chances and limits of solving the most intractable conflicts in the region and other parts of the world. The talks in this edited volume were part of the Bill and Sally Hambrecht Distinguished Peacemakers Lecture series of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon"-- Provided by publisher.
"--This book presents reflections of eminent international peacemakers about peacemaking in the Middle East, including Jimmy Charter, Lakhdar Brahimi, Jan Eliasson, Alvaro de Soto, and others. It provides unique insights and lessons learnt about diplomacy and international peace mediation practice based on real life experience"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1137564679
9781137564672
1137561254
9781137561251
OCLC:
(OCoLC)921864895
LCCN:
2015032080
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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