Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Abram Chayes and Antonia Handler Chayes -- 1. Preventive Diplomacy and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: Creating Incentives for Dialogue and Cooperation / Diana Chigas, Elizabeth McClintock and Christophe Kamp -- 2. The Council of Europe's Democracy Ideal and the Challenge of Ethno-National Strife / Jean E. Manas -- 3. Community against Conflict: The European Community's Contribution to Ethno-National Peace in Europe / John Pinder -- 4. The European Union's Politico-Diplomatic Contribution to the Prevention of Ethno-National Conflict / Reinhardt Rummel -- 5. The European Union in the Former Yugoslavia / Mario Zucconi -- 6. Can International Financial Institutions Prevent Internal Violence? The Sources of Ethno-National Conflict in Transitional Societies / Wolfgang H. Reinicke -- 7. Conflict Prevention in Transition Economies: A Role for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development? / Melanie H. Stein -- 8. The Military Perspective on Conflict Prevention: NATO / Antonia Handler Chayes and Richard Weitz -- 9. A Peacekeeping Role for the Western European Union / David S. Huntington -- 10. The Role of the United Nations in European Peacekeeping / Shashi Tharoor -- 11. Strategies of Enhanced Consent / Michael W. Doyle -- 12. The United Nations and the Former Second World: Coping with Conflict / Jarat Chopra and Thomas G. Weiss -- 13. Fragile Stability and Change: Understanding Conflict during the Transitions in East Central Europe / Keitha Sapsin Fine.