Diplomatic Counterinsurgency - Lessons From Bosnia and Herzegovina

This book provides an eyewitness account of a key political crisis triggered by the international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2007.

List of contents

Part I. The Battle: 1. We fired first; 2. They fire back; 3. The battle; 4. The defeat; Part II. Reflections on the Battle: 5. Non-violent wars; 6. Non-violent insurgency; 7. Diplomatic counterinsurgency; 8. The avalanche; 9. Looking forward.

About the author

Philippe Leroux-Martin is a Canadian lawyer who worked for the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a member of a team of legal advisors who oversaw the legal aspects of the Dayton peace agreement implementation. Mr Leroux-Martin also acted as chief legal advisor to the Police Restructuring Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina chaired by former Belgian Prime Minister Wilfried Martens. Following his work in Sarajevo, he headed the legal department of the International Civilian Office, an organization established to supervise and coordinate Kosovo's accession to independence in 2008–9.

Summary

This compelling eyewitness account of a key political crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2007 demonstrates how interventions from foreign powers to end armed conflict can create new forms of conflict that are not only as determined and resilient, but can lead groups to challenge the power of fragile states through political and legal means.

Product details

• Authors: Philippe Leroux Martin, Philippe Leroux-Martin, Leroux-Martin Philippe
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107020030
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02003-0
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 238 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Law, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, Geopolitics, LAW / International, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations, Diplomacy, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law