1st Edition
Mediation and Liberal Peacebuilding Peace from the Ashes of War?
Foreword, Kwesi Aning Preface Introduction, Mikael Eriksson and Roland Kostić 1. Peacemaking and Peacebuilding: Two Ends of a Tail, Mikael Eriksson and Roland Kostić 2. American Nation-Building Abroad: Exceptional Powers, Broken Promises and the Making of ´Bosnia’, Roland Kostić 3. Reconstituting Crisis: Revisiting the Dayton and Rambouillet Agreements and Their Impact in Kosovo, Jens Stilhoff Sörensen 4. The Liberal Trap- Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan After 9/1, Florian Krampe 5. Sudan Beyond Repair? The Role of Foreign Involvement in the Shaping and Implementation of the Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Øystein H. Rolandsen 6. The Ouagadougaou Political Accord, Camilla Elowson 7. Going it Alone: The Casamance Conflict and the Challenges of Internal Peace Making, Jannie Lilja and Mohamed Lamine Manga 8. An Appraisal of the Liberal Peacebuilding Exercise in Sierra Leone, Eldridge Adolfo 9. Rethinking Peacemaking: Peace at All Costs?, Mikael Eriksson and Roland Kostić
Biography
Mikael Eriksson is a researcher at the Swedish Defence Research Institute, Stockholm.
Roland Kostić is Assistant Professor at the Hugo Valentin Centre and Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden.
"In drawing out the ideological and other underpinnings of external involvement in peace processes, these essays contribute to an understanding of the dynamics that influence subsequent peacebuilding and the consequences for the sustainability of peace." -- Michael Pugh, University of Bradford
"Kostić and Eriksson provide a wide range of empirical studies on a topic that has until now been largely discussed on normative/ polemical grounds, peacebuilding. The close link between these cases and their theoretical discussion makes the work exceptionally valuable." -- Robert M. Hayden, University of Pittsburgh
" Mikael Eriksson and Roland Kostic's work provides a thoughtful reflection on the major challenges of international mediation. A resource for researchers and practitioners alike, this book uncovers some of the key linkages between motives, actions and results in mediation processes. Looking at some of the seminal peace processes of our time, this study rightfully stresses the limits to externally imposed peace agreements. In the final analysis, durable peace requires more than just a signed agreement amongst conflict parties." -- Kelvin Ong, Team Leader Mediation Support Unit, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations
