The Role of Leadership and Individual Political Leaders in the Success and Failure of International Negotiations: A Comparative Discussion of the Iranian and Korean Nuclear Cases

November 16, 2023 Jean Marie Vianney Sikubwabo 0 Comments 0 tags

Different historical conflicting situations reveal how the leadership systems and individual personalities, characters, and egos contributed to the outbreak of wars. It happened during the World Wars, the Cold War,…

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Windowless and Unintelligible: Case Studies of Diplomatic Grey Areas Within International Organizational Diplomacy

October 5, 2023 Emma Holtslag 0 Comments 0 tags

An intricate web of diplomatic grey areas is prevalent within international organizations; accountability and transparency are words frequently floating around in the discussion of international relations. This paper focuses on…

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

August 4, 2023 Jean Marie Vianney Sikubwabo 0 Comments 0 tags

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…

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The Problematic Application of Comprehensive Sanctions on the Rights of Vulnerable Citizens

August 4, 2023 Jean Marie Vianney Sikubwabo 0 Comments 0 tags

Comprehensive sanctions, including arms embargoes, diplomatic isolation, and trade restrictions, are a central coercive policy designed to force member states that violate international law into compliance. The purpose of sanctions…

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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 Neles Tandamat 0 Comments 0 tags

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…

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Contemporary Latvia: fractured mnemonic regime and its roots

June 8, 2023 Kristina Pugo 0 Comments 0 tags

With the disintegration of the USSR the new post-Soviet states have faced multiple challenges of re-building state institutions, integrating heterogeneous populations and consolidating new national identities. Collective memories and mnemonic…

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