Whitfield, Teresa. Washington, DC: United States Institute of
Peace,
2007.
Using a combination of both a scholarly
eye and an insider’s perspective of
the United Nations, CPPF Director Teresa
Whitfield
provides an overview of the types of
groups and coalitions that have
been actively engaged in issues of peace and security within the UN sphere and
identifies five core factors for their success. She also offers case studies of
El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Georgia, Western Sahara, and East Timor,
illustrating in a comparative manner the utility and limitations of groups of
Friends under widely different conditions. She ultimately arrives at conclusions
and presents recommendations that will no doubt prove vital to policymakers when
deciding whether to form a group of Friends or another more informal coalition.
Indeed, the study provides compelling evidence for the impact—both positive and
negative—that external political intervention can have on peace processes. Buy
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