Conflict prevention : taking stock / David Carment and Alfred Schnabel -- The realism of preventive statecraft / Bruce W. Jentleson -- Challenges to preventive action : the cases of Kosovo and Macedonia / Raimo V่ayrynen -- Evaluating success and failure : conflict prevention in Bosnia and Cambodia / Andrea Kathryn Talentino -- Regional organisations and conflict prevention : CFSP and ESDI in Europe / Simon Duke -- A good idea but a rocky road ahead : the EU and the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe / Hans-Georg Ehrhart -- The OSCE and conflict prevention in the post-Soviet region / Natalie Mychajlyszyn -- Early warning and prevention of violent conflict : the role of multifunctional observer missions / David Last -- Early warning analysis and policy planning in UN preventive action / John G. Cockell -- The International Monetary Fund and conflict prevention / Dane Rowlands and Troy Joseph -- Conflict prevention in Africa : establishing conditions and institutions conducive to durable peace / Rasheed Draman -- Conflict prevention in the Americas : the Organization of American States (OAS) / Osvaldo Kreimer