Non-State Actors / IGOs

21st Century ‘Resource Control’ Insurgencies: The Case of the Niger Delta

Charlie Tarr • Oct 9 2011 • Essays

Resources are strategically invaluable economic and political tools. It is the unquestionable human thirst for black gold, and other vital resources such as water and minerals, where global capitalism, post-colonial kleptocracy and the disenfranchised insurgent will meet in an unpredictable and volatile new paradigm.

NGOs in Haiti: Caught in an Aid Worker Bubble

Grace Everest • Oct 5 2011 • Essays

Since the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the development sector has been engaged in debate concerning the failures of the NGO response. NGOs have destructively transplanted a parallel system of governance, often being caught up within an aid worker bubble which has stood between the Haitian state and its citizens and thus undermined the symbiotic nature of their social contract.

Community Based NGOs in Grassroots Peacebuilding and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

Peter McFarlane • Sep 24 2011 • Essays

Northern Ireland has a long way to come before it can be labelled peaceful. The fragmented nature of its society indicates that we cannot speak of two monolithic communities at all. They are divided within themselves along attitudinal, class, and educational lines, while different experiences of the Troubles have shaped their needs.

Civil-Military Relations in Afghanistan

George Bragg • Sep 11 2011 • Essays

NGOs have been voicing concerns that the military have intruded into their domain by conducting short term aid work and long term ‘hearts and minds’ projects that have blurred the lines between aid workers and military troops. This has had worrying consequences for humanitarianism.

How has globalisation changed the international system?

Mareike Oldemeinen • Jul 27 2011 • Essays

Globalisation has become a major topic in the study of International Relations. Almost all aspects of the modern day society have been influenced by it in some way. Problems do not arise isolated any more and thus the solutions for these now have to be found in collective action rather than individual responses.

The perilous path of the UNHCR

Caroline Rushingwa • Jul 19 2011 • Essays

In the absence of a more autonomous political and resource base for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), there will continue to be a limit in the effectiveness of its response to refugee crises and its ability to check host countries that do not comply with agreements to protect the human rights of refugees.

‘Another false dawn for Africa?’ An assessment of NEPAD

Zeynep Bostan • Jul 19 2011 • Essays

NEPAD is an ambitious project which attempts to deal with a wide range of issues that are crucially important forAfrica’s improvement. This essay will begin with a description of NEPAD and refer to the previous attempts with same objectives. Afterwards, it will discuss the components of NEPAD mentioning the strengths and weaknesses of them.

Are international institutions necessary for global peace and security?

Dumitrache Andrei • Jun 1 2011 • Essays

International institutions are generally the results of leading states. Therefore, it is world powers that could eventually, under conditions of extreme political will, promote global peace and security and not the international institutions they have created in order to build their spheres of influence and increase their power in the international system.

The Challenge of AIDS in African Society

Alvaro Mellado Dominguez • Mar 31 2011 • Essays

African societies are already suffering from poverty, inequality and weak social cohesion. Since its emergence, HIV/AIDS has added a multifaceted layer of new dimensions to the former. It impacts on the economy, education and the food security of the household, creating a paradigm in which poverty is a challenge in stopping the HIV/AIDS epidemic and HIV/AIDS is a challenge in stopping poverty.

Can international institutions help make the world more peaceful?

Sophie Crockett • Mar 22 2011 • Essays

The development of international institutions is one of the most admirable efforts for the achievement of world peace that the world has ever seen. It possesses many of the qualities of the liberalist ideal, however, it has not fulfilled its aim to make the international community a more peaceful place.

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