The pioneering conflict researcher Quincy Wright concluded that the main cause of war is the difficulty in organising the institutions of peace.
In this thoughtful and frank 20 minute presentation, Dutch diplomat and arms control negotiator Daniël Prins reflects on multilateral disarmament practice drawing, in part, from his own practical experience.
In particular, he considers how flexibility and initiative can be encouraged in order to maintain and organise institutions of peace like the United Nations and the Conference on Disarmament.
Daniël has written a chapter on the same theme in the Disarmament as Humanitarian Action project’s latest volume of research entitled Thinking Outside the Box in Multilateral Disarmament and Arms Control Negotiations. Text of the chapter can be downloaded in PDF format by clicking on: Chap6-Prins-DHA-III.pdf.
Friday, 19 January 2007
