Negotiations, Mediation, and Peacekeeping
Negotiation can prevent armed conflict and conclude it; it is basic to international peace.
How do we attain peace? Peace can be merely the absence of war, and so it can be negotiated such that warring parties agree not to fight anymore. Negotiations are the direct exchange of ideas, and sometimes physical meetings can lead to mutual agreement; other times, negotiations are just window dressing (Gardner, 2011). The key is to learn the intentions of the opposing party.
This week we will discuss mediation as a method used in altering international behaviors, and suggest why it has or has not been effective and we will assess whether UN peacekeeping has been effective, with examples, and suggest an alternative. This discussion will allow us to evaluate the benefit of mediation as opposed to war.
Essay in APA style 4 pages at least 275 words per page with an introduction, analysis, a summary, and a minimum of 6 references. You may also use any additional academic references related to the subject.
And also, please, summarize Bellamy and Williams, chapters 3 through 7.
Required
Option one: Bellamy and Williams, chapters 3 through 7.
Option two: Morgan, chapters 9 and 10.
Option one: Bellamy, Alex J., and Paul D. Williams. Understanding Peacekeeping, second edition. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2010. Introduction and Chapter one. (Hereafter referred to as Bellamy and Williams.)
Option two: Morgan, chapters 7 and 8.
Morgan, Patrick. “NATO and European Security: the Creative Use of an International Organization,” Journal of Strategic Studies 26, iss. 3 (2003), p. 49-74.
Curran, David, “Training for Peacekeeping: Towards Increased Understanding of Conflict Resolution?” International Peacekeeping 20, no. 1 (2013): 80-97.
Recommended
Thucydides, “Melian Dialogue,” History of the Peloponnesian War, translated by Rex Warner. New York: Penguin Books, 1972, p. 400-408. http://lygdamus.com/resources/New%20PDFS/Melian.pdf
Kant, Immanuel, Perpetual Peace (1795). Library of Liberal Arts edition. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1957. http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/kant-perpetual-peace-a-philosophical-essay-1917-ed
