Peace studies and conflict resolution

The Kurds, one of the oldest ethnic groups in the Middle East, are reasserting their identitypolitically and through violence.

The myths of peace and democracy in Africa are at the heart of this volume.

This volume critically interrogates, from different angles and dimensions, the resilience of conflict and violence into 21st century Africa.

Sierra Leone experienced 11 years, civil war after the incursion of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) from adjacent Liberia.

This book examines Japan's relationships with China, Russia, the states of the Korean Peninsula, and Taiwan.

El presente trabajo pretende exponer y reflexionar sobre una situación crítica, que se pone de manifiesto en el desarrollo de algunos procesos penales en Argentina, en los que el lapso de tiempo existente entre la comisión de los hechos y la sentencia firme, es extremadamente extenso.

Islam and Peacebuilding in the Asia-Pacific provides a unique backdrop of how native or migrant Muslims interact with communities of other faiths have led to the contemporary treatment of Islam and the Muslim communities in these nations.

The South China Sea Disputes: Flashpoints, Turning Points and Trajectories focuses on the currently much-debated theme of the South China Sea disputes - one of the hottest international disputes of the 21st century which can easily turn from a brewing flashpoint into a regional conflict with global repercussions.

How can peace be brokered between warring sides in conflicts over self-determination and what roles do external third parties play?

This series started in 1981 with the Erice Seminars when the danger of a nuclear East-West confrontation was menacing the world.

This series started in 1981 with the Erice Seminars when the danger of a nuclear East-West confrontation was menacing the world.

This series started in 1981 with the Erice Seminars when the danger of a nuclear East-West confrontation was menacing the world.

The momentous events of the past year have changed the political face of the globe: the ideological struggle that dominated the world for most of this century is over; erstwhile mortal enemies have become friends and partners.

The book focuses on subjects of nuclear disarmament, the reduction and control of conventional weapons, the arms trade, future roles of the UN, regional confidence-building measures, global governance, sustainable use of resources and ethical challenges in the modern era, all of which related to the ultimate goal of eliminating war.

This book focuses on subjects of great topical interest, such as nuclear disarmament, trade in arms, peacekeeping and conflict resolution, environmental security and sustainability.

In this book, scientists who are pre-eminent in their fields focus on the crucial role of science in the transition away from a culture of war towards the construction of peace based on a capacity to anticipate and prevent destructive conflicts.

Full Title: Water - Pollution, Biotechnology - Transgenic Plant Vaccine, Energy, Black Sea Pollution, AIDS - Mother-Infant HIV Transmission, Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy, Limits of Development - Megacities, Missile Proliferation and Defense - Information Security, Cosmic Objects, Desertification, Carbon Sequestration and Sustainability, Climatic Changes, Global Monitoring of Planet, Mathematics and Democracy, Science and Journalism, Permanent Monitoring Panel Reports, Water for Megacities Workshop, Black Sea Workshop, Transgenic Plants Workshop, Research Resources Workshop, Mother-Infant HIV Transmission Workshop, Sequestration and Desertification Workshop, Focus Africa Workshop

At the turn of the 21st Century, the world was immediately gripped by the War on Terrorism followed by the Iraq War.

This book critically analyses the specific threat of terrorism in Southeast Asia since the Bali blasts of 12 October 2002 and the US-led war on Iraq.

This book focuses on the decision of the Tribunal in the South China Sea Arbitration that China had operated its law enforcement vessels in ways that created risks of collision with Philippine official vessels at Scarborough Shoal in April and May 2012.

In alignment with Indigenous Politics, an emerging sub-field of Politics and IR, this book  considers West Papuan Indigenous nationhood.

This book is the first to critically analyze Buddhist-Muslim relations in Theravada Buddhist majority states in South and Southeast Asia.

The book looks into the domestic water issues and disputes in the Himalayan South Asian countries, and based on it analyzes trans-boundary water disputes.

This book investigates the patterns of conflict management in contemporary Southeast Asia.

Across more than four decades, the conflict between the national government and Muslim liberation forces in the southern Philippines has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions.

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This book explores the history of the nuclear nonproliferation dialogue between Russia (USSR) and the United States.

This book presents thirteen chapters which probe the "e;tales less told"e; and "e;pathways less traveled"e; in refugee camp living.

The book is a response to the dominant discourse of South Africa as unwelcoming to African immigrants.

This edited book is written by six authors from Asia and Africa.

This book focuses on the lives and peace philosophy of Japanese prime ministers from 1945 to the present, attempting to extract one consistent political philosophy, namely, the 'peace philosophy' that has consistently influenced Japan's foreign and defense policy.

This book focuses on how Indigenous knowledge and methodologies can contribute towards the decolonisation of peace and conflict studies (PACS).

This book offers the assessment of Myanmar's societal changes, development aspects, and political situation over the course of the nation's short lived democratic transition disrupted by the coup d'etat on 1 February 2021.

This study takes the work of transforming violence and conflict online and offers insight into the practice of dialogue in virtual settings for peacebuilding purposes.

This book provides readers with fresh new theoretical tools to better understand how sociopolitical actors (from governmental institutions to ecological NGOs; from local residents to multinational companies) clash about transport initiatives.

This book probes the depths of libertarian philosophy and highlights the need for laws that protect all individuals in society.

This book deals with the constantly evolving, vast, and diverse field of nontraditional security.

This book examines novel and nonmainstream aspects of international terrorism in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.

This book shows the push and pull effects between resources, human security and conflicts in Africa.

Analyses why is it that the different actors hold different views about the CHT Peace Agreement and the question of its implementation Is based on a qualitative research study using methodological triangulation of both primary and secondary data Scrutinises the underlying facts regarding the implementation politics (or interest) of the CHT Peace Agreement

This book offers the assessment of Myanmar's societal changes, development aspects, and political situation over the course of the nation's short lived democratic transition disrupted by the coup d'etat on 1 February 2021.