Abstract
Conflict management, conflict intervention and post-conflict reconstruction are major issues in the development discourse. It is also a field where regional cooperation has a great potential, but where the success stories are few. The same is true for multilateral interventions. This only proves that the whole approach to conflict management is misconceived and too much focused on short-term ‘fire-brigade’ actions. The point of departure in this article is that conflicts and ‘complex humanitarian emergencies’ are not sudden events but should rather be seen as historical structures that are transformed over time. By analysing a conflict as a historical structure going through distinct phases – (1) the early prevention, or ‘provention’ of conflict, (2) preventive diplomacy, (3) modes of external intervention, (4) peace settlement, (5) conflict resolution, and (6) post-conflict reconstruction – it is shown how conflict management can be redirected towards the root causes of conflict, but also towards the rat...
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