This article appraises effectiveness in operational conflict prevention. By focusing on the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) in Kosovo, it assesses the most extensive civilian Common Security and Defence Policy mission so far. Contrary to prevailing assessments, it posits that EULEX, despite its challenges and deficiencies, presents positive contributions to operational conflict prevention, and peacebuilding in general. This is uncovered through structured focused analysis according to effectiveness criteria and success indicators that allow for identification of and distinction between different types and levels of effectiveness, considering both means applied and ends achieved. In so doing, the article contributes to the general literature on operational conflict prevention and on the specific case of Kosovo. The empirical analysis is based on fieldwork and semi-structured interviews with EU personnel, governmental and non-governmental actors in Kosovo, and independent observers.
Članek znotraj postpozitivistične metateo-retske pozicije trdi, da je študij poglavitnih zahodnih reprezentacij Kitajske v literaturi konsistentno zane-marjen in površno obravnavan. Pomen teh reprezen-tacij za dejansko oblikovanje politik zahoda do Kitajske je prav tako v veliki meri prezrt. Članek želi znova ovrednotiti zahodne reprezentacije Kitajske kot grožnje in Kitajske kot priložnosti, na katere gleda kot neločljive od znanstvenega diskurza med zahodom in Kitajsko, ki z nami ostanejo tudi v daljšem časovnem obdobju: pri tem se osredotoči na zahodne zgodovinske reprezenta-cije Kitajske v mednarodnih odnosih in prenos teh idej v moderni čas. Ključna ugotovitev članka je, da takšni pristopi gradijo na ideji drugačnosti Kitajske, kar nam pove, da zahod vidi Kitajsko v kontekstu zahodne indu-strializacije, zahodne univerzalnosti in skozi posplo-šene zahodne izkušnje, prenešene na lokalni kontekst kitajske države. Vse povedano uspešno zmanjšuje sicer večplastno kitajsko družbo in državo na niz poenosta-vljenih empiričnih primerov, ki služijo generalizaciji zahodnega pogleda na kitajsko rast. Ključni pojmi: Kitajska, kitajska rast, znanstvene repre-zentacije, znanstveni diskurz, zahod, grožnja
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