As editors Tom Keating and W. Andy Knight put it: “The debacle of the US-led coalition intervention in Iraq reminds us of the difficulties involved in building peace. For the world’s sole superpower, winning the war against the inferior Iraqi army was relatively easy. However, winning the peace is proving to be much more complex than the occupying power had anticipated. This book is about more than winning the peace. It is about making peace sustainable.†The book seeks to explore the potential and pitfalls of peacebuilding and pre-and postconflict reconciliation processes. The essays in this collection address, inter alia, the following issues: the factors that have encouraged foreign governments and international institutions that intervene in an effort to contribute to the process of resolving civil wars and reconciling divided societies; the different techniques that have been used in the peacebuilding process; the role of various nongovernmental actors and regional organizations; and the experiences of peacebuilding efforts in different parts of the world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tom Keating
Tom Keating is Professor of Political Science at the University of alberta where he teaches in the areas of Canadian foreign and defense policy, international relations, international institutions and ethics in international relations. He has authored or co-authored many essays and four books, the most recent of which is Canada and World Order: the Multilateralist Tradition in Canadian Foreign Policy (2003).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR W. Andy Knight
W. Andy Knight is Professor of International Relations and McCalla Research Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of alberta. He is past Vice Chair of the Academic Council on the UN System and currently editor of Global Governance Journal. His recent books include: Adapting the United Nations to a Post-modern Era: Lessons Learned, (2001) and A Changing United Nations: Multilaternal Evolution and the Quest for Global Governance (2000). He was recently awarded a major three-year research grant by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC) to study "Children and Armed Conflict."
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