Takes as a given that there are tensions among ethnic groups throughout the world. But it is not at all clear when and why these tensions escalate into violence. The likelihood and character of intervention depend upon the interplay of two factors: ethnic composition and institutional constraint.
A fourfold typology is produced. For example, states with high constraints and ethnic diversity are likely to intervene only for reasons related to national interests, while states with both ethnic dominance and low constraint are most disposed to intervene. The disposition to intervene is catalyzed, the authors hypothesize, by the presence of ethnic affinity and cleavage.

This book is an edited collection of essays on the emerging new form of intelligence known as Peacekeeping Intelligence [PKI]. This is the based on predominantly open sources of information used to create Open Source Intelligence [OSINT], and it demands multi-lateral sharing of intelligence at all levels. Unlike national intelligence, which emphasizes spies, satellites and secrecy, Peacekeeping Intelligence brings together many aspects of intelligence gathering, including the media and NGOs. It seeks to establish standards in open source collection, analysis, security and counterintelligence and training, and produces unclassified intelligence useful to the public. The challenges it faces are increasingly entwined with arms control, commercial interests, international crime and ethnic conflict. This volume evaluates the role and dynamics of intelligence in peacekeeping activities as well as the challenges, and considers the intelligence role of coalition forces, law enforcement agencies, development institutions and NGOs that have become important in peace-support operations.

Evaluates the institutional record on conflict prevention, identifies current trends in conflict prevention practice, and makes recommendations on improving organizational capacity. This volume brings together a diverse group of individuals involved in conflict prevention activities; scholars from developed and developing countries, and practitioners with insights on the work of regional organizations and the United Nations.

2003's Canada Among Nations examines the problem of American hegemony from a Canadian perspective. The dilemmas are familiar, but free trade and terrorism have given them an unaccustomed intensity, all at a time when Canadian foreign and defence policy and their makers seem stuck in neutral, unable to sustain past glories, and apparently incapable of fresh thinking.

What happens to a community`s ordering of reality when it attempts to redefine its political legitimizing process in terms of its religious orientation? The purpose of this study is to examine this question in the related societies of medieval South India and Sri Lanka.

A conceptual framework is developed for advancing basic research on the prevention and management of intrastate ethnic violence. They evaluate theoretical knowledge about the nature of ethnic conflict, using case material and quantitative assessments, and they apply these assumptions against recent instances of conflict management through an in-depth study of NATO''s involvement in Kosovo and Bosnia.

Examines the future of domestic and foreign relations between Canada, Quebec, and their neighbors in the event of a "yes" vote on independence. The possible emergence of an independent Quebec nation-state is approached from the perspective of the study of world politics. As is suggested, this is particularly important because ethnic-based secessionist movements throughout the world now challenge our understanding of the supposed stability of the nation state within geographical regions and even the operation of states within global political and economic systems.

The intractable problem of pervasive ethnic struggle -- the defining charactersitic of international relations after the cold war -- is explored. It provides a context for studying potentially violent ethnic conflicts and existing mechanisms to deal with them, evaluates regional and international instruments for conflict prevention, and suggests measures for improving peacekeeping and conflict prevention policies.

Assembles a diverse array of approaches to the problems of ethnic conflict, with researchers and scholars using theory, comparative case studies, and aggregate data analysis to approach the complex questions facing today's leaders. In light of recent events, this is a book anyone concerned with worldwide violence and homeland security should read.