War and Peace: European Conflict Prevention. EU-ISS Chaillot Paper 11, September 1993

Freedman, Lawrence and Hassner, Pierre and Senghaas, Dieter and Silvestri, Stefano and Zaldivar, Carlos. (1993) War and Peace: European Conflict Prevention. EU-ISS Chaillot Paper 11, September 1993.

Abstract

An impartial observer, the Institute has brought together the views of five of the most eminent European specialists in the field of security: Pierre Hassner (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches internationales, Paris), Dieter Senghaas (Bremen University), Carlos Zaldivar (Cabinet of the Prime Minister of Spain), Lawrence Freedman (King's College, London) and Stefano Silvestri (Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome). In chapters dealing with the new European disorder, the suppression of nationalism, the common responsibility of the Twelve in crisis prevention, the use of force and the limitation of conflicts, each contributor puts forward views which, while different one from another, are essential to the forming of any practical solution. While not giving any definitive answer to the current conflicts, nor exhausting a subject which remains the major challenge of post-communist Europe, we hope these essays nevertheless constitute an essential contribution to the creation--or survival--of a lasting order of peace and freedom in Europe.