TY - JOUR
T1 - Open source preventive diplomacy and complexity
AU - Braithwaite, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2019/1/2
Y1 - 2019/1/2
N2 - Limits of intelligence services in identifying opportunities for preventive diplomacy are identified. These limits are then used to suggest an open source preventive diplomacy wiki strategy for armed conflict prevention. A complexity theory analysis lays a foundation for arguing that a good theory of preventive diplomacy is less useful than a good meta theory. In a complex world of diplomacy it is wrong to argue that there is nothing as practical as a good theory; but a good meta theory may be a practical path to saving lives.
AB - Limits of intelligence services in identifying opportunities for preventive diplomacy are identified. These limits are then used to suggest an open source preventive diplomacy wiki strategy for armed conflict prevention. A complexity theory analysis lays a foundation for arguing that a good theory of preventive diplomacy is less useful than a good meta theory. In a complex world of diplomacy it is wrong to argue that there is nothing as practical as a good theory; but a good meta theory may be a practical path to saving lives.
KW - Intelligence services
KW - Preventive diplomacy
KW - Responsive peacebuilding
KW - War
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049646288&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14781158.2018.1495188
DO - 10.1080/14781158.2018.1495188
M3 - Article
SN - 1478-1158
VL - 31
SP - 95
EP - 111
JO - Global Change, Peace and Security
JF - Global Change, Peace and Security
IS - 1
ER -