Lessons of Peacebuilding for the Balkans and Beyond: Toward Culture of Dialogue, Reconciliation and Transformation

Dr. Sandole addresses the question of what lessons have been learned through the ultimate expression of “soft power”, namely peacebuilding lessons that are relevant to turning the situation around in the Western Balkans from a condition of fragile and reconciliation, with implications for region and elsewhere. An essential part of this process is an examination of two interventions in the Balkans: the UN’s Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) to prevent the spillover of the violent warfare in Bosnia into Macedonia and the EU’s overall efforts to prepare Bosnia for eventual entry into the EU, thereby rendering it an unlikely source of genocidal conflict in the future.