New Paths and Policies towards Conflict Prevention
Chinese and Swiss Perspectives
This book explores the discourse on conflict prevention and peacebuilding by bringing together researchers from China and Switzerland over a series of policy dialogues.
The Charter of the United Nations, adopted in the immediate aftermath of World War II, is clear about the fundamental necessity for the international community to act in partnership to prevent violent conflict. Given recent shifts in global power dynamics, there is an apparent need for international policy issues to be addressed in ways that are inclusive of a wider variety of perspectives and approaches. Chinese policy actors are increasingly interested in fostering their own discourse on issues of prevention and peacebuilding, rooted in Chinese experience, and engaging with peers from other contexts. The chapters in this volume explore the rationale for conflict prevention and review prevailing academic and practitioner discourses on fundamental questions such as why conflicts should be prevented and whether mainstream approaches are still relevant.
This book will be of interest to students of peacebuilding, conflict resolution, Chinese politics, and International Relations.
Courtney J. Fung is Assistant Professor of International Relations at The University of Hong Kong.
Bjrn Gehrmann is a German Diplomat and Mediator, who worked for the Human Security Division of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2019.
Rachel F. Madenyika is UN Representative at the Quaker United Nations Office in New York, USA.
Jason G. Tower directs the Burma program of the United States Institute of Peace. (Formerly Southeast Asia Regional Advisor, PeaceNexus Foundation, Yangon.)
Series: Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding
Series Editors: Keith Krause, Oliver Jtersonke and Riccardo Bocco, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP), Graduate Institute, Switzerland
This series publishes innovative research into the connections between insecurity and under-development in fragile states, and into situations of violence and insecurity more generally.
It adopts a multidisciplinary approach to the study of a variety of issues, including the changing nature of contemporary armed violence (conflict), efforts to foster the conditions that prevent the outbreak or recurrence of such violence (development), and strategies to promote peaceful relations on the communal, societal and international level (peacebuilding).
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Chinese and Swiss Perspectives
Edited by Courtney J. Fung, Bjrn Gehrmann, Rachel F. Madenyika, and Jason G. Tower
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New Paths and Policies towards Conflict Prevention
Chinese and Swiss Perspectives
Edited by Courtney J. Fung,
Bjrn Gehrmann, Rachel F. Madenyika,
and Jason G. Tower
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Names: Fung, Courtney J., editor.
Title: New paths and policies towards conflict prevention:
Chinese and Swiss perspectives / edited by Courtney J. Fung,
Bjorn Gehrmann, Rachel F. Madenyika, and Jason G. Tower.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. |
Series: Studies in conflict, development and peacebuilding |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020049802 (print) | LCCN 2020049803 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780367683368 (hardback) | ISBN 9781003136996 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Pacific settlement of international disputes. |
Peace-buildingChina. | Peace-buildingSwitzerland. |
Conflict managementChina. | Conflict managementSwitzerland |
International cooperationChina. | International cooperationSwitzerland.
Classification: LCC JZ6010 .N48 2021 (print) |
LCC JZ6010 (ebook) | DDC 327.1/72dc23
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Contents
Rachel F. Madenyika and Jason G. Tower
Bjrn Gehrmann
Stephanie C. Hofmann
Yin He
Dominic Rohner
David Lanz
Katia Papagianni
Tiewa Liu
Dongyan Li
Albrecht Schnabel
Guihong Zhang
Rachel F. Madenyika and Jason G. Tower
Courtney J. Fung is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Hong Kong.
Bjrn Gehrmann is a German Diplomat and Mediator MAS ETH MPP, who worked for the Human Security Division of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2019.
Yin He is Associate Professor, China Peacekeeping Police Training Center, Langfang.
Stephanie C.Hofmann is Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.
David Lanz is currently co-head of the swisspeace Mediation Program and lecturer at the University of Basel.
Dongyan Li is Senior Fellow, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing.
