A NEW FORM OF SECURITY COOPERATION AND COLLECTIVE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN THE POST COLD WAR INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM

Year 2011, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 467 - 476, 01.06.2011

Sinem Kocamaz

Abstract

International security environment changed completely after the Cold War. During the Cold War years security challenges were shaped by competitive power relations between Soviet Union and the United States. On the other hand after the end of the Cold War, global security was redefined and wide range of security challenges and threats occurred. After fragmentation of security threats, new threats emerged such as terrorist attacks, massacres which are made by humans own governments, chronic politic instabilities, environmental degradations etc. Under these circumstances new forms of security cooperation became more vital in order to cope with these complex challenges. In this respect third parties became an actor to manage conflicts, security challenges and crises. Unlike traditional nation-state intervention, regional organizations, international agencies and non-governmental organizations became more active in conflict management process. In this framework this study will evaluate performance and the effectiveness of the main actors in the collective conflict management (CCM) process

Keywords

conflict management, international organizations, NATO, UN, EU, comprehensive approach, security

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