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- catalog abstract "Annotation Throughout the 1990s, U.S. policymakers by and large thought they could insulate the country from the collapse of distant states and the spread of war and disorder in some of the world's poorest regions. The attacks on September 11, 2001, however, showed that dire conditions in seemingly isolated regions could become incubators for violence that hits America directly. This book, based on Barnett R. Rubin's years of experience as director of the Center for Preventive Action (CPA) at the Council on Foreign Relations, argues that initiatives aimed at preventing regional crises must form a key part of the U.S. global security strategy. Drawing on his experience leading CPA projects in the Balkans, Central Asia, Central Africa, and West Africa, as well has his extensive work on Afghanistan, Rubin illustrates concretely how seemingly exotic and distant conflicts are deeply integrated into our global system through the effects of global strategies and markets. These conflicts, the author argues, are harder to contain once they flare up into violence and yet are potentially more subject to prevention by global actors than common wisdom claims.".
- catalog contributor b12626989.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description "Annotation Throughout the 1990s, U.S. policymakers by and large thought they could insulate the country from the collapse of distant states and the spread of war and disorder in some of the world's poorest regions. The attacks on September 11, 2001, however, showed that dire conditions in seemingly isolated regions could become incubators for violence that hits America directly. This book, based on Barnett R. Rubin's years of experience as director of the Center for Preventive Action (CPA) at the Council on Foreign Relations, argues that initiatives aimed at preventing regional crises must form a key part of the U.S. global security strategy. Drawing on his experience leading CPA projects in the Balkans, Central Asia, Central Africa, and West Africa, as well has his extensive work on Afghanistan, Rubin illustrates concretely how seemingly exotic and distant conflicts are deeply integrated into our global system through the effects of global strategies and markets. These conflicts, the author argues, are harder to contain once they flare up into violence and yet are potentially more subject to prevention by global actors than common wisdom claims.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "What is at stake? -- Conflicts and their causes: acres of desolation -- Burundi and the Great Lakes region of Central Africa: strengthless cures, in vain -- The South Balkans: landscape painted with blood -- Nigeria: the mirror of oil -- The Ferghana Valley: festering inner wounds -- Prevention: concept and scope -- Warning: risk assessment and monitoring -- Systematic prevention -- Targeted prevention -- Organizing for prevention.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 256 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Blood on the doorstep.".
- catalog identifier "0870784730 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0870784749 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Blood on the doorstep.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Century Foundation,".
- catalog relation "Blood on the doorstep.".
- catalog subject "327.1/7 21".
- catalog subject "Conflict management Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Ethnic groups Political activity.".
- catalog subject "JC328.6 .R83 2002".
- catalog subject "Pacific settlement of international disputes Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Political violence Prevention Case studies.".
- catalog subject "World politics 1989-".
- catalog tableOfContents "What is at stake? -- Conflicts and their causes: acres of desolation -- Burundi and the Great Lakes region of Central Africa: strengthless cures, in vain -- The South Balkans: landscape painted with blood -- Nigeria: the mirror of oil -- The Ferghana Valley: festering inner wounds -- Prevention: concept and scope -- Warning: risk assessment and monitoring -- Systematic prevention -- Targeted prevention -- Organizing for prevention.".
- catalog title "Blood on the doorstep : the politics of preventive action / Barnett R. Rubin.".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".