Review: The Germans and Their Neighbors
| Published date | 01 December 1994 |
| Date | 01 December 1994 |
| Author | William M. Chandler |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070209404900419 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
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INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL
ing
the
Yugoslav
crisis
as
a
test
case
for
the
CSCE
in
conflict
prevention
and
crisis
management.
He
states
that
the
very
modest
character
of
the
cscE's
intervention
in
Yugoslavia
hardly
corresponds
to
its
ambitious
goals.
To
fulfil
those
goals,
the
CSCE
would
require
more
flexible
and
efficient
structures
and
decision-making
procedures and
should
become
the
legitimate
institution
regularly
called
on
for
mediation,
conciliation,
and arbitration
in
disputes;
the
primacy
of
human
rights
should
be
explicitly
stated
in
its
principles;
it
should
have
its
own
peace-
keeping
troops
available
to
its
secretary
general;
its
authority
to
nego-
tiate
disarmament
must
be
strengthened.
The
second
part
of
the book
deals
with
widening
and
restructuring
the
CSCE.
Thomas
M.
Buchsbaum
recommends expanding
co-opera-
tion
with
the
Council
of
Europe,
Rachel
Brett
calls
for
a
high
commis-
sioner
on
national minorities,
Felice
D.
Gaer
analyzes
the relations
between
the United
Nations
and
the
CSCE
and
discovers
a
certain
divi-
sion
of
labour
between
the
two
-
but not
without competition
and
confusion
at
times.
Takato
Ueta
studies
Japan's
association
with
the
CSCE
since
the
1992
Helsinki
summit
and the
possibilities
of
an
Asia-
Pacific
conference on
co-operation
and
security
while
Nils Eliassion
discusses
the
strengthening
of
the
secretariat,
most
notably
by
creating
the
position
of
secretary
general.
Finally,
Ritva
Gr6nick
discusses
the
participation
of
non-governmental
organizations
in
the
CSCE
process.
These
essays
show
that
the
CSCE is
an
evolving
institution
whose
role
has
yet
to
be
determined
by
its
members.
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THE
GERMANS
AND
THEIR
NEIGHBORS
Edited
by
Dirk
Verheyen
and
Christian
Sjie
Boulder
co:
Westview,
1993,
xii,
425PP,
US$
5 9 .9 5
cloth,
US$18.
9 5
paper
Historically,
Germany
is
a
nation
with
many
neighbours
but
few
friends.
Its
shared
borders
often
have
been
sites
for
wars
that
have
bred
fear
and
hatred
across
Europe. Fortunately,
the
past
fifty
years have
brought
profound
transformations
both
within
and
around
Germany.
For
the
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