Table of Contents

Introduction At Cold War's End Friends of the Secretary General for El Salvador Friends and the "Ripening" of Peace in Guatemala The United States and the Long Haul in Haiti The Georgian/Abhaz Conflict The Story of Western Sahara East Timor and the Core Group Groups and the Variable Geometry of the UN's Peacemaking Conclusions

About the Author

Teresa Whitfield is a Non-Resident Fellow at New York University's Center on International Cooperation (CIC). Teresa has been senior advisor to the president of the International Crisis Group since January 2015. While a fellow at New York University 's Center on International Cooperation from 2008 to 2014, she also served as a senior advisor to the Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. Previously, she was director of the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum at the Social Science Research Council and spent five years as an official of the UN's Department of Political Affairs.

Ms. Whitfield is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Conciliation Resources, which is based in London, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum. She holds a B.A. from Cambridge University and an M.A. from the University of London.

Reviews

This is an engaging work on an important, but understudied phenomenon in international affairs. Friends Indeed? adds substantially to the literature on international conflict resolution and the role of international organizations in resolving crisis or facilitating its resolution through other actors. It will be of interest to both students and practitioners of international diplomacy, peace studies, and related topics. -- Simon Chesterman, New York School of Law"