Europe

Local Ownership Absence in the Police Reform in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Kohsei Kurogi • Nov 6 2013 • Essays

Critically assessing the police reform in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the essay argues rather than only focusing on the regime, the reform should have considered a “bottom-up” approach.

Successfully Implementing Ethical Foreign Policy

Emily Clews • Oct 31 2013 • Essays

Rather than as a consistent and self-standing construction, ethical foreign policy is dependent upon the underlying domestic and political context of the State in question.

States’ Jurisdictional Immunity After ICJ’s 2012 Ruling

Francesco Corradini • Oct 24 2013 • Essays

Commentating on ICJ’s recent judgment on state immunity, the paper contributes to the issue whether the jurisdictional immunity of states should always prevail, even when international crimes occur.

Has Russia Become a Destablising Force in the World Today?

Matt Finucane • Oct 22 2013 • Essays

Modern Russia is a status quo power, only acting in response to NATO and US-backed actions without intent to enlarge its territorial or military influence beyond its own region.

The Securitisation of Ethnicity in Serbia (1987-1991)

Pål Røren • Oct 12 2013 • Essays

Securitising moves and speech acts performed by Slobodan Milosevic paralleled his successful attempts at securing and increasing his political power in Yugoslavia.

Reconsidering Dayton

Catherine Craven • Oct 7 2013 • Essays

The Dayton Peace Accords’ dysfunctionality does not originate in the consociational and confederal framework it proposes, but from the wider failings of external state-building projects

Making and Breaking of European Governments

Philipp Dreyer • Oct 5 2013 • Essays

Sources of government formation and stability are not limited to institutional frameworks, but are extended to the human agency of politicians and parties, as well as to economic conditions.

Chain-Ganging and the Outbreak of World War I: Causation or Coincidence?

Ashleigh Croucher • Oct 5 2013 • Essays

Whilst the ‘chain-ganging’ theory can explain aspects of the outbreak of WWI, Realist scholars have over-estimated the extent to which it was the primary cause of war in Europe.

Pros and Cons of the UK-US Special Relationship

Giulia Valentini • Oct 4 2013 • Essays

Since World War II, the United Kingdom and the United States have enjoyed an extremely close “special relationship” in the areas of military intervention, defense, and the economy.

Establishing Accountability for IGOs and States

Andrea Raquel Hak • Sep 21 2013 • Essays

By recognizing non-state actors as rights holders and duty bearers, the challenge of establishing accountability for international organizations and unrecognized states can be met.

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