Alternative Solutions for Persisting Post-Independence Intra-State Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa

August 4, 2023 0 Comments

Since independence, many Sub-Saharan African states have witnessed civil wars, mass killings, and other direct political violence. Local, regional, and global efforts have been produced on different occasions to resolve these conflicts but have not produced lasting results. The main reason for the failure of these efforts is that they have not addressed the root causes …

Indonesia rejects west papua’s request to resolve the west papua conflict through international third-party mediation: a lack of confidence in the mediation process

June 28, 2023 0 Comments

The conflict between the Government of Indonesia (GOI) and the people of West Papua began in 1961 when the GOI declared “Operasi Trikora” (Three peoples command operations) to invade West Papua officially by then President Sukarno in Jakarta on December 19th 1961. The GOI’s action was a direct reaction to the establishment of an embryo …

The Whiskey War over Hans Island: A Case Study in International Conflict Resolution

April 30, 2023 0 Comments

The Whiskey War over Hans Island, also known as the Hans Island Dispute, was a longstanding territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark that found its conception in the 1930s; it finally reached its conclusion in June 2022. The dispute revolves around the sovereignty over Hans Island, a small, uninhabited island located in the Arctic Ocean …

The Role of Political Mediation in Promoting Human Rights

April 27, 2023 0 Comments

Political mediation is a process of resolving conflicts between parties with divergent interests. This process entails the intervention of a neutral third party to facilitate dialogue and negotiations among conflicting parties; this article examines how political mediation can contribute to the enhancement of human rights. The following article contends that political mediation can facilitate the …

Personal Identity and Peacebuilding

November 13, 2022 0 Comments

Before we get started, I would like to talk with you briefly about the nature of this article. Due to the fact that peacebuilding in its most specific but also in its widest sense is definitely a practical art, the content, its impact, and the practical application of what I am going to introduce, is …

Post-Soviet Tensions in the South Caucasus: Armenian-Azerbaijani Dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh

November 13, 2022 0 Comments

The latest flare-up of tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan in September 2022 has raised concerns about Nagorno-Karabakh, a region over which claim both countries hold a decades-long dispute. International worries about the escalation of the longest post-soviet South Caucasus conflict seem to be related to Russia’s apparent backtracking at war with Ukraine and the crucial …