Dr. Evans examines the international responses to the ethnic
conflicts in Burundi and Rwanda from 1993-1997 and their overspill
into Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). A senior UK
diplomat, she concludes that the international response was
impotent and incoherent--soundbite diplomacy led decision-makers to
act before adequately assessing the situation and in the end it was
the power of local rather than international intervention that set
the agenda and provided the solution.
The author urges a number of changes in response by the
international community: that the UN should create a Conflict
Analysis Center at its headquarters in New York; that governments
need to promote lateral understanding and co-operation between
different players, including the media and the non-governmental
organization community; that enlightened outside support can be
most valuable when an inexperienced government has just taken over;
and that greater understanding is needed on the part of Western
states that traditional Western patterns of diplomacy are often
inappropriate in other regions. Instead, non-party democracy and a
strong element of subregional cooperation may be the models for the
future.
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