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Ausgabe 1-2004

Themenschwerpunkt: Friedensmissionen im 21. Jahrhundert / Peace Operations in the 21st Century
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ENGLISH ABSTRACTS

Enhancing the role of military peacekeepers in postconflict peacebuilding: Revisiting the center of gravity
Anthony W. Anderson
Military forces deployed on peace operations can play an enhanced role in posttonflict peacebuilding. The forces themselves provide the local population with an important early model for a responsible security institution that is under civilian control and operating according to the rule of law. Their intemal social processes and range of professional skills represent a microcosm of the host civil society, which can be exploited in the peacebuilding process. The article outlines how a minor change in approach by peacekeeping forces can at once enhance their security mandate, provide for better force protection, and contribute positively to the peacebuilding effort.
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Changing international relations and the role of the military in post-conflict peacebuilding operations
Hans-Ceorg Ehrhart / Albrecht Schnabel
The article starts with an analysis of the implications of changing international relations for international security. It describes the »newse curity dilemma,« which necessitates a more innovative approach in dealing with the security challenges of the twenty-first century. Further, it addresses the concept of post-conflict peacebuilding, the role of the so-called postmodern military in the post-conflict context, and the transformation processes that confront the military. The latter necessitate security sector reform as a key task for intemal and external actors involved in post-conflict societies. Finally, the article offen some recommendations on military contributions to post-conflict peacebuilding activities.
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NATO, EU, and ad hoc coalition-led peace support operations: The end of UN peacekeeping or pragmatic subcontracting?
Karin von Hippel
Increasingly, developed nations prefer to commit their troops to peace support operations that are led by NATO, the EU, or ad hoc coalitions. These missions are deployed in regions of strategic, economic or political interest to troop contributing nations, most recently to Afghanistan and Iraq in the context of the US-led counter-terrorism campaign. Other missions, particularly those responding to conflicts in Africa, are left to the devices of the UN and indigenous regional and subregional organizations. With a focus on the US and the UK, the article explains why developed nations have such disdain for UN-led operations, which might further weaken UN-led peace support missions despite continued troop commitments from developing states.
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Expanding peacekeeping functions for peace operations
Ho-Won Jeon
Reflecting on the recent experiences of multinational missions, this article investigates both the potential and limitations of various types of international military operations aimed at peacebuilding. Operational modes of forces should be able to respond to various poiitical and miiitary circumstances derived from post-conflict environments. By offering a omparative
assessment of different operations, the article further examines the ways in which peacekeeping can contribute to establishing durable peace in divided societies.
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Vernetzte Sicherheitspolitik: Bausteine eines neuen Leitbildes
Heiko Borcher
The new security risks are network centric, transnational and asyrnmetric. They originate from problems within rather than between states and involve non-state actors ready to use force to accomplish their mission. Today's security institutions are not ready to meet this challenge. A fundamental reform is necessary in order to establish cross-organizational processes and structures, improve the CO-operabilitya mong various security sector actors and strengthen joint capabilities needed to tackle the new security risks.
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Raketen gegen die Zwei-Staaten-Lösung
Margret johannsen
The assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, spiritual leader of the Palestinian Hamas, raises questions regarding the legality, the purpose and the possible consequences of the operation. For its policy of ~targetedk illingsu, Israel claims the right of preventive self-defence, just as the United States did when they attacked Iraq in 2003. However, it seems that it is not prevention but victory that really matters. For in the wfog of war*, Arie1 Sharon could succeed in sounding the death knell to the vision of a two-state Solution acceptable to both sides. It remains to be Seen whether under these circumstances Hamas will undergo political transformation, share authority with other Palestinian groups and participate in administrating the Palestinian territories.
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Zwischen Rechenschaft und Rekrutierung
Anmerkungen zur Internetnutzung palästinensischer Islamisten
Henner Kirchner
Actions by militant Palestinian Islamic organisations like the HAMAS or the so called Islamic Jihad determine the perception of the Middle East conflict by the Western media. The way in which these organisations make use of the Intemet is not as well known as the actions and has not been the object of academic interest so far. Beyond the original function of the militant's websites, which was propaganda, new opportunities to use the medium have become clear. While recruitment via the Internet still is an exception, the websites can be used to keep the present and future Sponsors informed on the progress. Another field of research that has to be investigated further is the effect that these websites have on the Muslim community and the Western diaspora.
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Wie viel Bildung braucht der deutsche Offizier?
Offiziersausbildung in Deutschland zwischen humanistischer Allgemeinbildung und beruflich-fachlicher Qualifikation (1806 bis 2003)
Dieter H. Kollmer
Prusso-German officer training has always been a combination of practice and theory. In contrast to the pure Cadets Academy education of other nations, the Prusso-German aspirant officer for centuries has first learned the practical soldiering of his arm or service on all levels before enriching these experiences with theoretical knowledge in special officer Courses. The article reviews the development of Prusso-German officer training throughout the past two centuries, describing the various preconditions, main emphases, objectives and results. The conclusion discusses the recent problems and the future challenges of today's German officer training.
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