Assessing the missing link within the concept of preventive diplomacy with reference to African conflicts

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dc.contributor.authorNiyitunga, Eric B.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T06:50:18Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T06:50:18Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe role of preventive diplomacy is to prevent the emergence of violent conflicts, to prevent on-going conflicts from spreading and to prevent the relapse of an already settled conflict. The purpose of this article is to critically assess the existing gaps within the concept of preventive diplomacy that render it less appropriate in preventing and managing African conflicts in the post-Cold War era. The article gives an overview of the historical development of preventive diplomacy, referred to as orthodox preventive diplomacy. It examines the existent missing link within the concept of orthodox preventive diplomacy, and explains why the concept was ineffective in resolving African conflicts and preventing their recurrence. In conclusion, it is asserted that, given the fact that both the character and the agents of conflicts changed from interstate to intrastate, a new preventive diplomacy is needed to successfully prevent deadly conflicts before they occur. A qualitative research method, with an exploratory approach, was adopted.en_ZA
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dc.identifier.citationNiyitunga, E.B. (2016). Assessing the missing link within the concept of preventive diplomacy with reference to African conflicts. Journal for Contemporary History, 41(2), 229-250.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2415-0509 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0258-2422 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150509/JCH41.v2.12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/5450
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherFaculty of the Humanities, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderFaculty of the Humanities, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrican conflictsen_ZA
dc.subjectConflict managementen_ZA
dc.subjectOrthodox preventive diplomacyen_ZA
dc.subjectNew preventive diplomacyen_ZA
dc.subjectPost-Cold Waren_ZA
dc.subjectNature of components of new preventive diplomacyen_ZA
dc.titleAssessing the missing link within the concept of preventive diplomacy with reference to African conflictsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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