The people of present-day South Sudan have been at war for more than 50 years. This has created a militarized culture of cyclical violence. In this thesis I examine a personal narrative told by Nyok John Achuoth Gor–a South Sudanese Australian refugee–that describes his reconcil…
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As the largest religious minority in Iran, Baha'is have been going through persecution since the very start of the religion in 1863. This thesis explores the experience of Baha'is in Iran, focusing on how they respond to persecution, and make meaning of their identity and respon…
Diasporas are increasingly relevant transnational nonstate actors in international politics, including civil conflicts. Extant scholarship has examined the determinants and consequences of external support to civil conflict actors. However, the majority of this research focuses …
A vital attempt at continued peace after the First World War that I chose to focus on for my thesis is the 1921 Cairo Peace Conference. The British government wanted an inexpensive peace that suited its own interests, and they used emissaries, particularly Winston Churchill, Ger…
Humanitarian organisations are regularly compelled to negotiate with armed groups over access to and protection for civilians affected by conflict. Yet, they are widely perceived to engage in these negotiations from a position of weakness, leading to poor deals and heavy comprom…
In Afghanistan, elections are a violent affair. Since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, five national elections have been held and each has served as a focal point for Taliban violence. Understanding what drives this violence is critical, not only to inform future electora…
The emergence of the nuclear crisis with North Korea has renewed scholarly efforts to understand the varying causes of this crisis. This thesis is an analysis of the nuclear crisis of North Korea by doing a comparative case study analysis. This method has been chosen in order to…
This research examines enduring women's organizations working towards women's rights and a peaceful solution to the Cyprus Problem which has taken precedence over gender equality on the island. This study was based on a 13-year period from 2001 to 2014 examining Hands Across the…
The magnitude of internal displacement worldwide is growing every year and represents a tripling of the existing number of refugees worldwide. Internally displaced persons have specific vulnerabilities and the system of assistance to them needs to be adapted and revised. The pur…
The civil war that started in South Sudan in December 2013 changed the country and it changed the scale and scope of the United Nations mission that was there to assist it. The purpose of this research was to uncover how the decision-making process was conducted in United Nation…
The military track record for successful intervention by the United States military in population-centric insurgency and counterinsurgency-based combat operations has been marked by consistent failure since the 20th century, despite being the U.S.’s military strategic operation …
Conflicts in Mindanao can be caused by incidents such as adultery, land disputes, even jealousy within dominant clan groups. The incidents may emerge as an interpersonal conflict, but may result in wider aggression, escalating into interclan conflict when the victim’s relatives …
Advocates of restorative and transitional justice practice have long drawn from practices of indigenous peoples to form the basis for more sustainable, relational, participatory, community-based approaches to conflict resolution. With the resurgence in Kazakh nationalism since t…
The past three decades have brought major changes in the conflicts in Northern Ireland and Israel/Palestine. While both have had a peace process, Northern Ireland seems farther on its way to sustainable peace; Israel/Palestine is far away from it. Though both conflicts and peace…
Foreign corporations have provided significant investment toward the economic and social progress of developing countries, but the impact of their presence and operations is often a mixed blessing. In many cases, the actions or inactions of multinational corporations (MNCs) cont…
This dissertation is divided into three parts. In Part I, I describe the historically applied global uses of communication in an effort to intervene into political conflict. I delineate and classify these practices into seven models. Next, I critically review the capacity of eac…
By virtue of their presence, observers alter what they are observing. Yet, the international soldiers of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) did much more than observe events. From August 1949 until the establishment of the United Nations Emergency Force in…
This dissertation examines the philosophical contributions of transatlantic peace reform discourse to American literature (1790–1865). My title is drawn from a dialogue between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Thomas Carlyle in which Emerson comments that, although his pacifist anarchist…
What is the role of political behavior in shaping the dynamics of conflict? World Politics models of civil conflict often overlook political behavior measures and mechanisms. In this work, I draw on American Politics research on domestic politics, trust and information sharing, …