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Nurturing Peace : Why Peace Settlements Succeed or Fail

Name: Nurturing Peace : Why Peace Settlements Succeed or Fail
Author: Fen O. Hampson
ISBN: 9781878379559

by Fen O. Hampson

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Overview

Focusing on intrastate conflicts in which third parties have played prominent roles, Hampson argues that durable settlements depend on sustained third-party engagement not only during the negotiation phase but throughout the implementation process. Although the book explores the roles that other factors - such as regional and systemic power relationships, the terms of the settlement itself, and the role of "ripeness" - play in the success or failure of these peace settlements, it concludes that success hinges more on what third parties do and do not do. In a crisp and engaging style, Hampson provides detailed yet succinct accounts of five justly renowned cases (Cyprus, Namibia, Angola, El Salvador, and Cambodia), explores the interplay of key variables, and describes rationales for action and lessons about how best to act.

About the Author, Fen O. Hampson

Fen Osler Hampson is professor of international affairs and director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Hampson was a senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in 1993-94. He is chair of the Human Security Track of the Helsinki Process on Globalization and Democracy, a joint initiative of the governments of Finland and Tanzania.