Ethnic conflict at the international level : causation, prevention, and peacekeeping / David Carment and Patrick James -- The phases of destructive conflicts : communal conflicts and proactive solutions / Louis Kriesberg -- Preventive diplomacy, conflict prevention, and ethnic conflict / Stephen Ryan -- Ethnic conflict and European security : what role for NATO and the EC? / David G. Haglund and Charles C. Pentland -- Trial by fire : international actors and organizations in the Yugoslav crisis / Michel Fortmann, Pierre Martin, and Stéphane Roussel -- Peacekeeping and ethnic conflict : theory and evidence / Alan James -- Preventing ethnic violence : conditions for the success of peacekeeping / Stuart Kaufman -- Deterrence failure and prolonged ethnic conflict : the case of Bosnia / Frank Harvey -- International action and national sovereignty : adjusting to new realities / Alex Morrison -- Ethnic conflict at the international level : an appraisal of conflict prevention and peacekeeping / David Carment and Patrick James