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Policymakers often characterize Middle Eastern conflict as religiously-motivated and identity-driven, assuming that religious intolerance is innate, ossified, and destined to fuel conflict well into the future. This paper questions such assumptions by examining the origins of re…

This dissertation seeks to situate and examine the post-9-11, 2001 George W. Bush-led War on Terror in the Horn of Africa—Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan—focused on Somalia, in light of the emergent Human Security discourse. Operationally defining Human Securi…

This study examines the human security impacts of Angola and Sudan's foreign relations toward China. Sino-African relations are becoming increasingly important as global powers search for strategic resources, notably petroleum, to bolster economic development. A review of trade …

This study offers a critical examination of state failure and the accompanying problems of terrorism and piracy that have plagued Somalia for almost two decades. Focusing primarily on the events that occurred within the nation following the ousting of the Union of Islamic Courts…