Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace, Economics and Development)

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List of contributors......Page 4
Foreword......Page 6
General Introduction......Page 7
References......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
References......Page 12
The asymmetric warfare: In search of a symmetry......Page 13
A new international situation......Page 14
The impact of asymmetric warfare on civil society......Page 17
The military issues......Page 19
Fighting the asymmetric warfare......Page 21
To conclude......Page 24
Notes......Page 25
References......Page 28
Military Organization and Asymmetric Conflicts: Changing Approach......Page 30
Introduction......Page 31
Conventional War and Present-Day War: What Difference?......Page 32
Asymmetry as the Characteristic of Present-Day Wars......Page 35
From changing the rules of war to changes in the role of warriors: a new approach......Page 44
Toward a new role?......Page 49
Notes......Page 51
Reviews......Page 52
Internet......Page 53
The impact of asymmetric warfare on the military profession and structure: Lessons learned from the Ottoman military......Page 54
The definition of asymmetric warfare......Page 55
Asymmetric challenges during the Ottoman period......Page 56
Evaluation......Page 60
Conclusions......Page 64
References......Page 65
Dr. Strangelove or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb: Suicide attacks in asymmetric warfare......Page 66
The history of suicide attacks......Page 67
Attempting to explain the unexplainable......Page 70
The Individual Level: Suicide Assassins......Page 71
The Organization: The Terrorist Group......Page 73
What to make of this?......Page 74
References......Page 76
Use and impact of Information-Communication Technology in modern conflict: The war in Iraq......Page 79
Introduction......Page 80
Preparative phase of the conflict-perception management in information age......Page 82
Operation Iraqi freedom followed by asymmetric conflict between Iraqi insurgency and coalition forces......Page 86
Internet as a new battlefield confirmed by the war in Iraq......Page 92
Conclusion......Page 96
Notes......Page 98
References......Page 100
Terrorism and security in the caribbean before and after 9/11......Page 101
Introduction......Page 102
Terrorism: in search of a definition, types, and causes......Page 103
Terrorist threats: past, present, and future......Page 105
Effects of September 9/11 on the caribbean......Page 110
Reasons for renewed interest in the caribbean: US......Page 112
The Northern and Southern Commands......Page 114
US Coast Guard......Page 116
Drug Enforcement Administration......Page 117
Federal Bureau of Investigation......Page 118
The UN and the OAS: Coping with the Threat of Terrorism......Page 120
CARICOM......Page 122
Security forces in the caribbean and southcom......Page 124
Passive Security......Page 127
Expertise of Security Forces......Page 130
International Cooperation......Page 131
Notes......Page 133
References......Page 139
Afghanistan talks. Experiential isomorphism in the military......Page 143
Introduction......Page 144
Operational military styles: About the Dutch and the American armed forces......Page 146
Developments in Southern Afghanistan......Page 149
Experiential isomorphism in Afghanistan......Page 153
Concluding remarks......Page 155
Notes......Page 157
References......Page 158
The analytical framework......Page 161
This sections’ papers......Page 163
Conclusion......Page 165
References......Page 166
European civil-military relations in transition: The decline of conscription......Page 167
The changing face of the European militaries......Page 168
Thesis......Page 169
Methodology......Page 170
The ongoing decline of conscription in Europe......Page 171
The Wave of Peace Intervention Driven Professionalization, 1995-2001......Page 175
The Third Wave-Consolidating the Strategic Change Since 2001......Page 176
The development of the out-of-area ratio of the European armed forces......Page 177
European political and defense integration and out-of-area missions as driving factors for phasing out conscription......Page 180
Conclusion......Page 181
Notes......Page 182
References......Page 183
News from the home front: Communities supporting military families......Page 185
Introduction......Page 186
The model for family stress......Page 187
Bringing sociology inexcl......Page 189
A typology of social support arrangements......Page 190
Professionalized Social Support Arrangement......Page 191
Direct Exchange Arrangements......Page 193
Generalized Reciprocity Arrangements......Page 194
A comparative study of arrangements and systems......Page 196
Belgium......Page 197
Germany......Page 199
India......Page 200
Slovenia......Page 202
The United States......Page 204
The Netherlands......Page 205
Denmark......Page 206
Conclusion......Page 208
References......Page 210
Attitudes and opportunities: self-selection and anticipatory socialization effects in youth perceptions of the military......Page 213
Background and research question......Page 214
Literature review......Page 216
Organizational Socialization......Page 217
College Attendance and Socialization to Work......Page 219
Hypotheses and methodology......Page 222
Results and discussion......Page 227
Conclusions......Page 234
References......Page 236
Introduction......Page 240
An analytical model for civil-military relations......Page 241
Public perceptions of the military in Korea: An overview......Page 243
New approaches to old issues......Page 247
Conscription and Conscientious Objection......Page 248
Relationship with Citizens, Local Governments, and NGOs......Page 251
Human Rights in the Barracks......Page 252
Civilianization of Defense Administration......Page 254
Concluding remarks......Page 255
References......Page 256
Hidden agenda in Paraguay: The dilemma of external democratization through U.S. military co-operation......Page 258
Introduction......Page 259
External democratization......Page 260
The Right Starting Point: Europe versus the US......Page 261
Basic Requirements for the Promotion of Democracy by Means of Military Co-operation......Page 262
Low-Grade Democracy......Page 264
Corrupt State Security Forces......Page 265
Marginalization and Social Conflicts......Page 266
Access to Natural Resources......Page 268
Military Relations between the US and Latin America since 1945......Page 269
Institutional Presence of US Donors......Page 274
The US-Paraguayan Military Agreement......Page 275
Short-Term Effects on Civil Society......Page 277
Can Military Presence Contribute to the Democratization of Paraguay?......Page 279
References......Page 281
Military and politics in south and central America: the self-perceptions of the armed forces in Latin America......Page 284
Theoretical reflections on the discussion of civil-military relations......Page 285
The US and civil-military relations in Latin America......Page 288
Brief history of the Latin American armed forces......Page 291
The Military as ‘‘Moderator’’......Page 296
The Military as ‘‘Reformers’’......Page 297
The Military as ‘‘Modernizer’’......Page 298
The Military as ‘‘Party Soldiers’’......Page 299
The Latin American military in search of a new mission......Page 300
Conclusion......Page 301
References......Page 302
Introduction......Page 304
En Garde: A Flemish-French Military Linguistic Liaison under Fire......Page 306
Kromoblanda: The Multicolored and Multilingual Composition of the Dutch Colonial Army......Page 308
Language management in the military......Page 311
Interpreters: the tightrope walkers of war......Page 315
Military Setting and Organization......Page 316
Secrets and Suspicion......Page 319
Conclusions and avenues for future research......Page 322
References......Page 323
Introduction......Page 327
The impact of counterterrorism and strain on Palestinian terrorism......Page 329
Introduction......Page 330
Basic history of Israel and failed peace processes......Page 332
Violent repression......Page 333
Non-violent repression......Page 334
Socioeconomic repression......Page 336
Dependent Variable......Page 337
Non-Violent Repression......Page 338
Results......Page 339
Discussion......Page 341
Conclusion......Page 343
References......Page 344
Communal conflict, state failure, and peacebuilding: The case of Ambon, Indonesia......Page 347
Introduction......Page 348
Social succession......Page 349
The malfunctioned state......Page 352
Peacemaking and peace building......Page 355
Concluding remarks......Page 358
References......Page 360
National business, civil war abatement and peacebuilding......Page 362
Introduction......Page 363
The origins of civil war and its persistence......Page 364
Relative Deprivation......Page 365
The Contest over Natural Resource Wealth......Page 366
Getting Credible Commitments to Peace......Page 368
National business communities and the peace process......Page 369
Typology of the Conflict......Page 370
Typology of the Economy......Page 371
Time Horizons and Commitment Technologies......Page 373
Conclusions: Whither the national business case for peace......Page 375
References......Page 377
Introduction......Page 379
NYS Programs around the world......Page 380
NYS successes and challenges......Page 384
NYS and peace......Page 386
References......Page 387
Building and sustaining the fabric of peace: Notes from the field......Page 389
Violent conflict and peace: conceptual issues......Page 390
Changing the terms: what constitutes violence?......Page 392
Doing peace......Page 397
Building and sustaining peace......Page 402
Notes......Page 404
References......Page 405