During the 1980s, public diplomacy campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic competed for moral, political, and scientific legitimacy in debates over arms control, the deployment of new missile systems, ballistic missile defense, and the consequences of nuclear war. The U.S. and U…
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This work is about Christian peacebuilding in Burma in relation to the ongoing militarization in that country. It proposes a public practical theology of peacebuilding for Burma. Militarization has victimized many people there. Burma needs peace. Christians can contribute to the…
This thesis studies officials in the government of Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos (2012–2018), a liberal politician whose central policy was a peace process with the FARC-EP guerrilla (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army), which sought to end fifty years…
While research has been conducted in the Chinese context on conflict resolution approaches, little scholarly attention has been given to explaining what factors contribute to relational reconciliation processes. The purpose of this qualitative, constructivist grounded theory stu…
This research aims to understand how the narratives about the Second World War in Moldova are deployed in the political agendas and how these narratives perform in the broader social and political context of Moldova. To explore, understand, and analyze how history and memory are…
"Since 2008 the international community has insisted that the negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem are a "Cypriot-led" process. Yet 20 years after UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the top-down, male-led methodologies of last century prevail. It is perhaps no surprise, th…
This open access book on the state of peacebuilding in Africa brings together the work of distinguished scholars, practitioners, and decision makers to reflect on key experiences and lessons learned in peacebuilding in Africa over the past half century. The core themes addressed…
The American occupation of Iraq revealed intense intra-society violence in Iraq that was not possible to take note of during decades of the state's systematic practice of violence against society and the organized counter-violence in response to it. The occupation, along with th…
The Pashtun population that straddles the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan has endured a history of conflict that continues to this day and has affected politics and governance in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Amid complex tribal relations, the Pashtuns abide by a very strict…
This doctoral project addressed the question: What should constitute a biblical model for genuine peacemaking and reconciliation, and positive and respectful incarnational contextualized gospel engagement through both progressive dialogue and partnerships for the common good of …
On July 12, 2010, Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center, in Gainesville, Florida tweeted: "9/11/2010 Int Burn a Koran Day." The result of the tweet, subsequent interviews, and media reportage preceding September 11, 2010, was increased tension and fear of possibl…
Sosyal bir varlık olan insanın yaşam biçiminin düzenlenmesi ve sosyal hayatın sorunsuz şekilde sürdürülebilmesi için gerekli kuralların üretilmesi ve uygulanması olarak özetlenebilecek siyaset kavramı, İslam’ın üzerinde önemle durduğu kavramlardan biridir. Özellikle yeni bir top…