Factors such as exclusion and poverty have a important causal relationship with armed conflict and social division. Economic and social rights, therefore, must be central to post-conflict societies.
The EU can effectively mediate the Cyprus conflict to a peaceful resolution through a process of Graduated Reciprocation in Tension Reduction (GRIT).
Major processes such as globalisation remain – despite their international appearance – locally embedded. Area specialists can contribute to a more refined interpretation of these developments.
European and US approaches to combating terrorism have sharply diverged. European counter-terrorism policy has enabled the EU to project the very values and interests that define it.
Exactly how accountable are intelligence agencies and to whom? Before the 1970’s many intelligence services acted by executive decree and there was very little in the way of legislature involvement.
While economic and ideological failure played as important role in delegitimising Soviet control, nationalism was the defining feature of the collapse of the Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe.
The basic premise of MLG is that European integration has taken exclusive power away from the state and spliced it up amongst supranational and subnational actors.
The importance of national governments in formulating social and economic programmes is not necessarily undermined by the global market.
Examining Soviet ethno-federalism, economic factors, a tradition of governance, and the role of religion, what was the nature of violence and conflict in Georgia?
Regimes gained popularity during the 20th century as states began to increasingly get involved in international agreements and rules.
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