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The political economy of the emerging mechanisms of global governance entails specific models of conflict resolution being imposed in peripheral regions. This has led to international peace initiatives which often lack impact in the complex of institutions and practices at the centre of long-standing conflicts in these regions. It is at this level that the explanation for the recent failure of many of these peace initiatives can be found. The involvement of the international community in the elections held in Cambodia in 1993 and 1998 serves as a case study.