Peacemaking – Peacekeeping: Global Concepts for Local Hot Spots
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 18:15–19:45
Globalisation not only has brought together markets and people, it also has put in the spotlight of global attention conflicts of all sorts – civil wars, failed states and atrocities against humanity. Since the end of the cold war, many ways have been tried to deal with such crises in an adequate way, mostly in search of the backing, approval and legitimisation by the international community. With markets increasingly integrated and people moving around the globe more easily, the international community has a lot of explaining to do why it should or should not feel responsible for what is going on in the most deprived and crisis-shaken areas of the world. The session will address these questions and ask as to whether globalisation brings with it the obligation to intervene in places where either there is a danger of hampering global economic development or where poverty and injustice have struck so badly that looking away is no longer an option. Thereby, the question about the right region-specific way of intervention is subject to an ongoing debate.
