Archive for 2014

Nelson Mandela’s Legacy for African and International Politics

Daniel Lieberfeld • Mar 14 2014 • Articles

Mandela was exemplary in using his moral stature, his forthright manner, and skills in interpersonal persuasion to help settle conflicts outside his own country.

What the Crimean Crisis Reveals About the Tensions in American Foreign Policy

John Hickman • Mar 13 2014 • Articles

The Crimean Crisis has exposed the growing distance in opinions on US foreign policy between an aggressive elite and weary public. A serious backlash is possible.

Can a Federal State Solve Yemen’s Problems?

Charles Schmitz • Mar 13 2014 • Articles

Yemen’s version of federalism appears aimed at taming the aspirations of the southern movement and Ansar Allah in the north rather than incorporating them into politics.

The “Racialized” Construction of the Colombian Nation

Jesús David Quintero Aleans • Mar 13 2014 • Essays

The criollo elites in New Grenada crafted a complicated and sometimes contradictory ideological endeavor to organize the peoples and territories they aspired to rule.

R2P and Gender: The Marginalization of Responsibilities

Sara E. Davies • Mar 13 2014 • Articles

It is not enough to say R2P must have a gendered approach without identifying what such an approach should look like, and who is responsible for taking this forward.

Climate Change, Limits to Adaptation and the ‘Loss and Damage’ Debate

Kirstin Dow and Frans Berkhout • Mar 13 2014 • Articles

An actor-centered and sustainable development framing would lead to a politically-achievable response to the urgent problem of climate-related crises around the world.

Capitalism & Insecurity: How Promoting Western Values Fails to Create Peace

Rusu Mihai Alin • Mar 13 2014 • Essays

The spread of capitalism in globalisation does not spread nor create peace, but rather, creates the conditions in which conflicts, exploitation and insecurities arise.

When WPS Met CEDAW (and Broke Up with R2P?)

Susan Harris Rimmer • Mar 13 2014 • Articles

18 October 2013 was a red letter day for global women’s rights, revolutionizing the situation of women in conflict prevention, conflict & post-conflict situations.

Failed States: A Paradigm Revived

Robert I. Rotberg • Mar 11 2014 • Articles

A nuanced appreciation of what causes a weak state to become a failed state or, how to recover such a state from failure, is still critical for policy making.

Review – United States-Africa Security Relations

Kevin Dunn • Mar 11 2014 • Features

Kalu & Kieh’s edited collection presents a key understanding of where US-Africa relations should be going, instead of an adequate analysis of where they are now.

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