It is normally assumed that international security regimes such
as the United Nations can reduce the risk of war by increasing
transparency among adversarial nations. The more adversaries
understand each other's intentions and capabilities, the thinking
goes, the less likely they are to be led to war by miscalculations
and unwarranted fears. But how is transparency provided, how does
it actually work, and how effective is it in preserving or
restoring peace? In "Promoting Peace with Information," Dan Lindley
provides the first scholarly answer to these important
questions.
Lindley rigorously examines a wide range of cases, including
U.N. peacekeeping operations in Cyprus, the Golan Heights, Namibia,
and Cambodia; arms-control agreements, including the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty; and the historical example of the Concert
of Europe, which sought to keep the peace following the defeat of
Napoleon in 1815. Making nuanced arguments based on extensive use
of primary sources, interviews, and field research, Lindley shows
when transparency succeeds in promoting peace, and when it fails.
His analysis reveals, for example, that it is surprisingly hard for
U.N. buffer-zone monitors to increase transparency, yet U.N.
nation-building missions have creatively used transparency to
refute harmful rumors and foster democracy.
For scholars, "Promoting Peace with Information" is a major
advance into the relatively uncharted intersection of
institutionalism and security studies. For policymakers, its
findings will lead to wiser peacekeeping, public diplomacy, and
nation building.
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