In this exploratory case study research, 20 participants who are members of the Isoko people of the Niger Delta of Nigeria participated in semi-structured interviews. Participants between the ages of 30 and 60 were selected based on criteria of professional occupation and advanc…
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The police officers in Borno State, Nigeria, lack adequate training to manage the occupational stress when deployed to perform their civic duties of protection of lives and properties. Using the theory of psychological stress and coping, the purpose of this general qualitative s…
During a civil war intervention, understanding the importance of local-level grievances and interactions is crucial for making policy choices that lead to successful outcomes. However, policymakers often disregard the role of local factors in influencing violence, as making sens…
In spite of the technological advancement and progress of liberalism, religion has remained an essential aspect of individual and national life in many countries. In many societies, religion has manifested elements of extremism, which ultimately perpetuates violence and destruct…
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the current struggle of the past 100 years or more between the Palestinian Arab and Israeli Jewish peoples in the previous Ottoman Empire territory of Palestine. The current research analyzes memoirs by four authors- Oz, Nusseibeh, Karmi, and …
This is a qualitative research study that used a narrative approach to explore the perspectives of the research participants (indigenes of the oil communities) on the challenges of the government amnesty program in the Niger Delta. Cyril Obi (2014) argues that the program is an …
Background: Palestinian youth are subject to a reality predicated on political and social injustice. The extant literature tends to view these youth through a deficit lens without adequate contextualization. This study aims to address this gap by documenting Palestinian youth st…
Given the consistent challenge that Islamist acute violence poses globally in general, and in Nigeria in particular, this dissertation aims to ask the question: How can Jesus's followers pattern response to violence after Jesus’s model demonstrated in his triumph over death, evi…
Why do dominant ethnic groups perpetrate violence against ethnic minorities and why does this violence vary in its frequency, severity, target choice, and level of popular participation over time? Addressing the first question, I argue that existing explanations of dominant grou…
This dissertation concerns how Jewish-Muslim and Israel-Palestine grassroots activism can persist in the face of threats to the safety, freedom, lives, or even simply the income and employment of those engaged in acts of sustained resistance. At the heart of the study are the ex…
From the perspective of peace researchers, America is an enigma. While the country has been involved in more military actions than any other over the past two-hundred years and is a state that could be defined by its use of force in its westward expansion and rise to a global mi…
Emanating from literature on social identity theory, intersectionality theory, gender and sexuality, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this research examines sexual orientation and gender identity as cross-cutting identities through the experiences of LGBTQ Israeli human rig…
Transnational insurgent groups operate within an ongoing dual system of receiving outside support and garnering new sources of sustainability. Civil conflict scholarship therefore examines various insurgency support provisions such as political influence, finances, and manpower …
The purpose of this research was to examine how the Islamic State utilized the Internet and social media for the recruitment of followers and to incite violence through the spread of propaganda. This research also demonstrated how the Dark Web was exploited by the Islamic State …
Researchers have found an overlap of psychological symptoms in victims of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Continuous Traumatic Stress. Although the circumstances inducing the psychological reactions are different, the symptoms mimic one another without a clear cut demarcation…
This dissertation examines the reasons behind the rise and fall of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) in Somalia. The UIC was born out of the chaos of the Warlord Era in Southern Somalia from within the fabric of Somali Society. The peace and stability that the UIC brought to the…
Scholars within the business and peace literature domain identified a knowledge gap in the understanding of community stakeholders’ views and expectations about the specific strategies that support corporate peacebuilding in conflict-ridden host communities. The purpose of this …
The following interdisciplinary research investigates digital communication using a constructivist interpretation for conflict analysis. President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel formed the basis for the research inquiry of Palestinian digital modes of …
Bu çalışmada, terörizmde meydana gelen değişim ve dönüşümler incelenerek “ yeni terörizm dönemi” olarak adlandırılan süreçle ilgili olarak genel bir tablo çizilmiştir. Terörizmin dinamiklerinde meydana gelen değişimleri tetikleyen tarihsel olaylar kronolojik olarak incelenmiş ve…