TY - JOUR AU - Ruso, Sharon PY - 1996/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Early Warning: Much Ado About Nothing? JF - Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees JA - Refuge VL - 15 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.25071/1920-7336.21878 UR - https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/21878 SP - 8-10 AB - This article provides a critical view ofthe history of early warning as well asexisting early warning efforts. The authorscrutinizes the "early earning debate,"including what early warning isand who the actors might be. The papersurveys existing efforts on early warning from acritical perspective and raisesmany questions concerning the institutionalobstacles that still need to be addressedbefore we can arrive at afunctional early warning mechanismfor the purpose of conflict prevention. ER -