Impressum





Ausgabe 3-2007

Themenschwerpunkt: Ethische Aspekte von Auslandseinsätzen / Ethical Aspects of Foreign Military Operations

INHALT

Editorial | download full article as pdf
Seite III

Nachruf auf Dr. Erwin Müller | download as pdf
Seite IV

Themenschwerpunkt: Ethische Aspekte von Auslandseinsätzen

Beiträge aus Sicherheitspolitik und Friedensforschung

Forum

Dokumentation

  • Auslandseinsätze der Bundeswehr: Viele Bedingungen müssen erfüllt sein
    Seite 153

Neuerscheinung
Seite 156

Annotationen
Seite 157

Besprechungen | download full article as pdf
Seite 158

ENGLISH ABSTRACTS

Zwischen rationalistischem Kalkül und Logik der Angemessenheit:
Zur Ethik des Befriedungskonzepts von VN und EU im Kongo
Hans-Georg Ehrhart
Cosmopolitical realism requires states to be aware of the fact that external sovereignty necessitates the capability to cooperate in peace and security affairs. One important aspect is the ability and preparedness to participate in collective peacekeeping and peace-building efforts. From the ethical viewpoints inherent to the UN and the EU, it would be cynical to restrict oneself to naked realism. The same judgement also applies to mere moralizing policies, as the purported morality is seen to be based on political tactics. A purely normative approach is at best futile and at worst dangerous. Instead, there is a need for an ethical concept founded on a responsibility which adequately incorporates goals and means, norms and values, as well as »glocal« contexts which combine to enhance stability and peace. Applying this yardstick to the EU and UN engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite all shortcomings, they appear to be on the right track.
download full article as pdf

Staatsaufbau in der DR Kongo: Über Anspruch, Realität und falsche Annahmen
Denis M. Tull
After more than four years of warfare and the successful organisation of elections, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is said to have fi nally turned the corner. Yet the consolidation of peace and the reconstruction of effective state institutions is fraught with immense political problems. This article analyses the international intervention in the Congo, led by the United Nations. It identifies three fl awed assumptions which underpin reconstruction failure. The first is that Western state institutions can be successfully transferred to Africa. The second is that the diagnosis of failure is shared among donors and Congolese elites. And the third is that international actors have the capacity to rebuild the Congolese state.

Militärgestützte Demokratisierung?
Die Befriedung der DR Kongo und die Europäische Union
Stefan Brüne
The European Union’s attempts to present a common Africa Policy have resulted in a number of loosely connected initiatives, among them the two first autonomous crisis management operations outside Europe, the operations Artemis and EUFOR RD Congo. While providing an opportunity for healing political differences between the EU member states short-term measures and military operations provide no long term solution for African problems. Addressing the root causes of conflict and instability in Africa remains a challenge. There is much room for better coordination of EU policies with bilateral initiatives of EU member states. Putting national interests in second place and a better coordination with international organisations, the UN in particular, are essential.

The Congolese »Crab Basket«: A Matter of What Interests?
Quentin Laurent
This paper draws on the question of the actors’ interests during the last phase of the Congolese transition. Theses interests should not be solely understood through the lens of the pursuit of power and control of moribund Congolese state. Instead, their diversity can be traced at all levels of the society, among all kinds of actors and also in the regional and international orders. One of the main issues of Congo’s »pacifi cation« lies in the fact that these interests have mainly been addressed with little consideration for the idea of common good. Finding a solid ground where competing interests could express themselves in a »sub-optimal« manner is the challenge Congo and its partners are now facing.

Ethical Refl ections on the Intervention of the UN and EUFOR in the D.R.Congo
Paulin Manwelo
This article outlines the necessity to go beyond a one dimensional approach in dealing with the major crises of our time. The author advocates a »holistic« approach or what he calls the Good Samaritan Model, as an ethical response to protracted conflicts in today’s world. The relative successful story of the intervention of the UN and Eufor in the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo is used as an illustration to support the ethics of pacification from outside based on the Good Samaritan Model

Promoting Democracy in Central Asia: What’s Needed and Why It Won’t Happen
Gordon Crawford
This paper examines barriers to US and EU democracy promotion in Central Asia from an unusual angle. It focuses on constraints that stem from shortcomings in the practices of the democracy promoters themselves. This focus is particularly pertinent given the current »backlash against democracy promotion«. Three main issues are explored in the context of democracy promotion in Central Asia – motivation, legitimacy and commitment – all found to be lacking. Democracy is based on a set of norms and values, yet if democracy promotion itself does not uphold these, then its own credibility is undermined. In the Central Asian case, the principled pursuit of democratic reform is unlikely, with democracy promotion either trumped by competing foreign policy objectives, or regarded as instrumental and thus disposable. Likely consequences are antithetical to democratisation in the region, with the outcome of democracy demotion not promotion.

Making Sense of the Indian Arms Dynamic: A Survey of Military Efforts
Deba R. Mohanty
India’s military efforts have been primarily driven by national and regional security considerations, although »power ambitions«, »symbolism« and other factors have also played a complementary role from time to time. Having fought four conventional wars and a limited conflict as well as being confronted with terrorism and increasing internal security challenges, India has undertaken a series of initiatives to modernize its armed forces, arsenal, bureaucratic organizational structure and para-military forces in recent times. India’s »arms dynamic« would suggest that while acquisition of state-of-the-art weaponry and emphasis on »self-reliance in defence« point toward an increase in its comprehensive national power, the same may also help explain its ambitions to not only take care of its security concerns at a regional level but also help it to play a constructive role possibly at the global level.