LEADER 03737nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910817218503321 005 20240410154015.0 010 $a0-8157-7608-X 035 $a(CKB)111087028085938 035 $a(OCoLC)53481991 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10063921 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000113258 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11984288 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113258 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10100141 035 $a(PQKB)10442650 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3004437 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3004437 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10063921 035 $a(OCoLC)923615904 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087028085938 100 $a20041017d2002 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlood on the doorstep$b[electronic resource] $ethe politics of preventive action /$fBarnett R. Rubin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cCentury Foundation Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-87078-473-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 What Is at Stake? -- 2 Conflicts and Their Causes: Acres of Desolation -- PART ONE - Case Studies -- 3 Burundi and the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa: Strengthless Cures, in Vain -- 4 The South Balkans: Landscape Painted with Blood -- 5 Nigeria: The Mirror of Oil -- 6 The Ferghana Valley: Festering Inner Wounds -- PART TWO - Preventing Violent Conflicts: Analytical Framework and Strategies -- 7 Prevention: Concept and Scope -- 8 Warning: Risk Assessment and Monitoring -- 9 Systemic Prevention -- 10 Targeted Prevention -- 11 Organizing for Prevention -- Notes -- Index. 330 $aThroughout the 1990s, U.S. policymakers by and large thought they could insulate the country from the collapse of distant states and the spread of war and disorder in some of the world's poorest regions. The attacks on September 11, 2001, however, showed that dire conditions in seemingly isolated regions could become incubators for violence that hits America directly. This book, based on Barnett R. Rubin¡'s years of experience as director of the Center for Preventive Action (CPA) at the Council on Foreign Relations, argues that initiatives aimed at preventing regional crises must form a key part of the U.S. global security strategy. Drawing on his experience leading CPA projects in the Balkans, Central Asia, Central Africa, and West Africa, as well has his extensive work on Afghanistan, Rubin illustrates concretely how seemingly exotic and distant conflicts are deeply integrated into our global system through the effects of global strategies and markets. These conflicts, the author argues, are harder to contain once they flare up into violence and yet are potentially more subject to prevention by global actors than common wisdom claims. 606 $aConflict management$vCase studies 606 $aPolitical violence$xPrevention$vCase studies 606 $aEthnic groups$xPolitical activity 606 $aWorld politics$y1989- 606 $aPacific settlement of international disputes$vCase studies 615 0$aConflict management 615 0$aPolitical violence$xPrevention 615 0$aEthnic groups$xPolitical activity. 615 0$aWorld politics 615 0$aPacific settlement of international disputes 676 $a327.1/7 700 $aRubin$b Barnett R$0644312 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817218503321 996 $aBlood on the doorstep$93970669 997 $aUNINA