Год выпуска: 2012 Автор: Maria Mitaev Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 76 ISBN: 9783659257025
Описание
This research seeks to answer whether civilian intervention produces a more tangible outcome in terms of challenging the status quo around secessionist conflicts than traditional mediation given specific background conditions involved. The mediation (and observation) – the method traditionally employed by the OSCE and the UN - appears to be more intrusive, involves direct physical presence on the ground in the conflict zone, is more high-profile and involves sensitive political and politico-military issues, and produces increased competition and power-based mediation on the part of an involved major regional player interested in sustaining the status quo. The civilian approach to conflict management employed by the EU, by contrast, entails a less intrusive, more low-key, piecemeal instruments facilitating conflict prevention or conflict management. As such, it is able to alter the context around the conflict, thereby challenging the status quo. The author ultimately concludes...
