This thesis examines how United States presidential administrations change over time in their policies on humanitarian intervention. More specifically, how and why do American presidential administrations (and the officials in those administrations) fail in some cases and succee…
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Terrorism is a global threat in today's conjuncture and its consequences affect every nation heavily. The European Union as a global actor has tried to get to the root of the problem. Its counter-terrorism strategy is based upon the principle of Prevent, Protect, Pursue and Resp…
2010 was definitely a tumultuous year for some of the key countries in the North African region. The generalized movement in the region and labelled as the Arab Spring, constituted an opportunity for protesters to formulate their demand for democracy. The initially peaceful prot…
Türkiye’den DAİŞ’e katılan ve sempati duyan kişiler, sosyolojik anlamda bu davranışı farklı pek çok dinamiğin etkisi ile ortaya koyuyor olabilirler. DAİŞ örgütünün kısa zamanda genişlemesinin yanında Türkiye’den ve dünyadan on binlerce katılım olmasının arkasındaki nedenleri anl…
2010 yılının sonu ve 2011 yılının başlarında Orta Doğu devletlerinde bir anda patlak veren Arap Baharı ve Arap Krizi olarak isimlendirilen ayaklanma, protesto ve yönetim değişikliklerinin dalgası Tunus ve Mısır’dan sonra Libya ülkesine de sıçradı ya da önceden planlanıp bekleyen…
The aim of this study is to reveal the views of the teachers of history on peace education. For this purpose, teachers' opinions were asked about the notion of peace education, the contribution of schools/history teaching/history textbooks/values and historical thinking skills t…
Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı, Olimpizm değerleri ile şekillenen “Olimpik Eğitim” ilkelerinin, toplumsal kalkınmayı ve barış unsurunu, spor yolu ile desteklemeyi amaçlayan “Kalkınma ve Barış için Spor” hedefleri ile uyumluluğunun, ilgili kavramların fikirsel gelişimi, uygulama ala…
Shabaab survived the more than a decade old counterterrorism campaign because of the resilient organizational capabilities that have made it a better alternative to the public than its rivals and enemies. On the other hand, the counterterrorism campaign failed to defeat Shabaab …
In 1974 protesters in Wyhl, a taciturn village in Germany’s Kaiserstuhl area on the edge of the Black Forest, ushered in a crusade against nuclear energy. Inevitably, this particular movement challenged the perceived authoritarian rule of the West German government. Protesters i…
The main purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the complex developmental and conflict prevention challenges in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria as well as the role education can play in the pursuit of justice in that context from within the theoretical framework of Amartya S…
Tony Blair’s extraordinary decision to ask for Parliament’s approval for British military deployment in the Iraq War prompted lingering questions about who decides on matters of war and peace in modern Britain. His successors’ use, and thereby confirmation, of the new parliament…
War is so forceful it often seems recent to its survivors regardless of when it occurred. The violent past is alive and lies in front. To understand why I develop a new paradigm called the spatiotemporal self. Although my research is about time and war, my intention is that this…
This paper seeks to answer the following questions: Why have all attempts to achieve a durable and equitable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict failed? Is this a problem to which there is no solution? This paper concludes that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a symp…
The 2nd generation nuclear states India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea acquired nuclear weapons to ensure their security and bridge or accentuate balance of power. These four states have narrow strategic objectives, peculiar security environments and limited challenges. The m…
The violence of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria has generated an increased need for public policy responses. Nigerian authorities and community stakeholders have attempted myriad responses to the challenges created by Boko Haram. However, there is a poor understanding of po…
In the mid-1990s the two Kurdish parties in Iraq—the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)—signed two power-sharing agreements, which had dramatically different results. The 1992 50-50 Agreement ended in conflict while the 1998 Washington Ag…
Though mediation and conflict resolution are relatively new fields in academia, resolving conflicts is far from anything new. The World’s Religious traditions have constructively negotiated through ancient zones of conflict in their religious communities for thousands of years. …
Civil wars end in victory to one side or in negotiated settlements. As for duration, some civil wars end in a short time, some drag on for years. The central determent of civil war outcome and duration is contentious. In this thesis, I argue that external intervention by regiona…
Bosnia has undergone a prolonged and complex post-conflict recovery process. Peacebuilding literature in this context has accounted for political dynamics, while all too often omitting economic factors. Consequently, analysis of peacebuilding and development in Bosnia has been s…