Religion, culture and politics are historically interdependent influences, constantly reimagined and reconstituted throughout history, that shape the space that women occupy.
The causes of Africa’s failed states must be researched within those states. External relations of dependency and neocolonialism have aggravated their situation but are not the main causes.
Although Gorbachev’s merit in ending the Cold War has been eroded by new evidence, it was his skillful diplomacy that prevented its violent end.
After partition, many local and familial loyalties remained but for most, and particularly for the East Bengali refugees, lives and loyalties were changed irrevocably
The strong will ultimately capitalise on advantages to maximize their interests, disregarding the limited counter-strategies available to the weak.
The Kurdistan region has to earn its complete part in secession from being a de facto substate entity within the Iraqi state and transferring itself to a fully independent de jure state.
The UNHCR faced a difficult situation in managing Vietnamese refugees in the late 1970s and 80s. Nevertheless, several of the failures were of its own making.
History is not only written by the victors but also rewritten, time and time again. A look at a few exemplifying events in the history of Ireland demonstrates how this process can occur.
The collapse of the USSR was almost entirely based on the ‘regime implosion’ within the CPSU which was ill-prepared for newly introduced reforms and their consequences.
Power-sharing, far from a method aimed solely at conflict resolution, provides ample chance for national political development.
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