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Conflict Resolution in the 21st Century: A South Asian Perspective
ABSTRACT Conflicts in the contemporary international system have increasingly shifted from state‐centric power struggles to deeply rooted human needs crises. This study applies John Burton's Human Needs Theory to explain the persistence of the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan, focusing on the deprivation of identity, recognition, and ...
Hafeez Ullah Khan
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Stability of Nations and Genetic Diversity [PDF]
This paper presents a model of nations where culturally heterogeneous agents vote on the optimal level of public spending. Larger nations benefit from increasing returns in the provision of public goods, but bear the costs of greater cultural ...
Ignacio Ortuno-Ortin +3 more
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Abstract Over the past decade, large‐scale protests have been pivotal in shaping institutional dynamics and triggering societal change. Despite increased academic attention, the understanding of participants' experiences remains limited. This paper argues for adopting an actor‐centered perspective to gain novel insights into protest dynamics ...
Cristina Pradillo‐Caimari
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The Legality of Secession Referendums from the Perspective of Public International Law [PDF]
Against the backdrop of increasing globalization, nationalism and local identities have not receded; instead, they have emerged in new forms. Secessionist movements and the associated secession referendums are becoming increasingly frequent worldwide ...
Li Ke
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Pepper and bones: the secessionist impulse in Nevis
Describes the history of the recurring impulse for independence from the St. Kitts-Nevis state on the part of Nevis. Author examines the modern political history of the St. Kitts-Nevis state, in order to discern the motivations of the Nevisian people and
Douglas Midgett
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DE FACTO STATES IN THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD: BETWEEN RUSSIAN DOMINATION AND EUROPEAN (DIS)ENGAGEMENT. THE CASE OF ABKHAZIA [PDF]
With the ratification of the Association Agreements with Georgia and Moldova in 2014, the European Union (EU) has been confronted in its integration policies with several post-Soviet de facto states (Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria).
Sebastian RELITZ
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Apple of Gold in a Picture of Silver: The Constitution and Liberty
In the threatening winter of 1861, as the United States was being ~ inched ever- closer td the outbreak of civil war by the secession of the Southern states over the issue of black slavery, the newly elected president, Abraham Lincoln, opened up a ...
Guelzo, Allen C.
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SUMMARY: 1. The Sentence 42/2014, of the Constitutional Court of Spain, about the «Declaration of sovereignty and the right to decide of the people in Catalonia». 2.
Joan Ridao i Martín
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Misplaced Boldness: The Avoidance of Substance in the International Court of Justice’s Kosovo Opinion [PDF]
The International Court of Justice\u27s Kosovo Advisory Opinion is a masterpiece of avoidance. The Court has lived to run another day, and one can only admire the judges\u27 skill in arriving at the vacant place between difficult and clashing conclusions
Waters, Timothy William
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Sovereignty issues in the Caucasus: contested ethnic and national identities in Chechnya, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia The issue of sovereignty has been at the forefront of regional politics in the Caucasus since the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.
Vasili Rukhadze, Glen Duerr
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