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Britain, Rwanda, and the DRC: Using aid for diplomatic aims.
By Katie Cornish In July, the UN released an interim report alleging Rwandan government support to the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UK, Rwanda’s largest bilateral donor, withheld...
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Canada: The retirement of a global peacekeeper?
by Joana Cook “We cannot close the door on diplomacy. We cannot rule out peaceful solutions to the world’s problems. We cannot commit ourselves to an endless cycle of violence, and tough talk and...
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The player: “Plot for Peace”
Editor’s Note: This movie’s highlight for those like myself fascinated by diplomacy, its study, theory and practices, is its exceptional depiction of Track II diplomacy. We see Olivier, French...
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Canada’s NATO response: A missed opportunity
By Zachary Wolfraim: Meetings of the Defence Ministers at NATO Headquarters in Brussels – Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) (Source: Reuters) Earlier this May I analysed Canada’s tentative...
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Call for papers: A world in flux? Analysis and prospects for the U.S. in...
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Remembering the Vienna Congress: lessons for the EU
By Lucile Dussoubs: Le gateau des rois, / tiré au Congrès de Vienne en 1815. Depicts the leaders of Europe squabbling over the map of Europe at the Vienna Congress. Photo: British Museum (published...
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The embattled and weary Two-State Solution is still the only game in town
By: Charles P. Kirchofer The West Bank barrier near Bethlehem. Photo by Marc Venezia, creative commons license, 2007 With the Oslo Accords all but dead and support for a two-state solution declining...
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Why is Saudi Arabia Helping Iran’s Hardliners?
By: Alexander Decina Protester’s in Iran’s presidential elections on 13 June, 2009. Source: Wikimedia There is an abundance of Middle East analysts and experts drawn to the idea of eternal conflicts....
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Transboundary rivers and climate change: Testing times for hydro-diplomacy to...
EDITORS NOTE: This is the third article in a four-part series which explores the role of water in human conflict and politics. The series marks (though is not affiliated with) World Water Day 2016, a...
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Libya’s civil war & the importance of strategic sequencing
By: Robert Andrea US Secretary of State John Kerry at a 2015 meeting for the future of Libya in Rome. Source: Wikimedia One of the most overlooked aspects in strategic deliberations is that of...
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By Katie Cornish In July, the UN released an interim report alleging Rwandan government support to the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UK, Rwanda’s largest bilateral donor, withheld...
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Canada: The retirement of a global peacekeeper?
by Joana Cook “We cannot close the door on diplomacy. We cannot rule out peaceful solutions to the world’s problems. We cannot commit ourselves to an endless cycle of violence, and tough talk and...
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The player: "Plot for Peace"
Editor’s Note: This movie’s highlight for those like myself fascinated by diplomacy, its study, theory and practices, is its exceptional depiction of Track II diplomacy. We see Olivier, French...
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Remembering the Vienna Congress: lessons for the EU
By Lucile Dussoubs: Le gateau des rois, / tiré au Congrès de Vienne en 1815. Depicts the leaders of Europe squabbling over the map of Europe at the Vienna Congress. Photo: British Museum (published...
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The embattled and weary Two-State Solution is still the only game in town
By: Charles P. Kirchofer The West Bank barrier near Bethlehem. Photo by Marc Venezia, creative commons license, 2007 With the Oslo Accords all but dead and support for a two-state solution declining...
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Why is Saudi Arabia Helping Iran’s Hardliners?
By: Alexander Decina Protester’s in Iran’s presidential elections on 13 June, 2009. Source: Wikimedia There is an abundance of Middle East analysts and experts drawn to the idea of eternal conflicts....
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Transboundary rivers and climate change: Testing times for hydro-diplomacy to...
EDITORS NOTE: This is the third article in a four-part series which explores the role of water in human conflict and politics. The series marks (though is not affiliated with) World Water Day 2016, a...
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Libya’s civil war & the importance of strategic sequencing
By: Robert Andrea US Secretary of State John Kerry at a 2015 meeting for the future of Libya in Rome. Source: Wikimedia One of the most overlooked aspects in strategic deliberations is that of...
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Strife Series on National Perspectives in North-East Asian Rivalries, Part I...
By Ashley Ryan Kim Jong-un is primarily interested in the dynasty’s survival, like his father and his grand-father before him ( Credit: CC0 Creative Commons) The view from Pyongyang is...
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Kim Jong-un’s Winter Charm Offensive: Another Attempt of Duping Seoul
By Davis Florick The statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Mansu Hill, Pyongyang (Credit Image: J.A. de Roo – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons) While North Korea’s participation in the...
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