Torgeir Pande Braathen – E-International Relations

The Three Images of the Syrian Civil War

Feb 6, 2016

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in Essays, Foreign Policy, International Security, International Theory, Middle East, Regions

Employing Waltz’s three images in ‘Man the State and War’ as a methodological framework helps guide analysis of the Syrian civil war, but fails to provide direct answers.

The Responsibility to Protect and the Importance of International Consensus

Jul 8, 2015

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Torgeir Pande Braathen

in Essays, Middle East, Regions

A constructive debate between the proponents and the sceptics of R2P will lead to establishing a greater consensus around the concept.

Why Doesn’t Iran Want the Bomb?

Jun 17, 2015

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Torgeir Pande Braathen

in Essays, Foreign Policy, International Security, International Theory, Middle East, Regions

When adding up the potential benefits and impediments, Iran will unlikely upgrade its current civilian nuclear programme to a military nuclear weapons programme.

Author: Torgeir Pande Braathen

The Three Images of the Syrian Civil War

The Responsibility to Protect and the Importance of International Consensus

Why Doesn’t Iran Want the Bomb?