Opportunities missed, opportunities seized: preventive diplomacy in the Post-Cold War world.

Conflict prevention diplomacy is a challenging and urgent need of present times. The contributors to this volume assess the feasibility of preventive diplomacy in ten specific case studies and discuss the success and failure of preventive diplomacy in each situation and the lessons learnt from the experience. Besides providing these original case studies, the book pursues a comparative analysis that addresses core theoretical debates about post Cold War international conflict and security and provides the basis for broader policy lessons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]