The international community has always been keen to find ways resolve conflicts and reach solutions, that sometimes leave victims estimated at millions of people. To create a permanent court disputes, especially after the damage afflicted humanity First World War, Countries established League Nations as first organization in parallel with establishment Permanent Court International Justi...

security policy-making in critical regions is one of the main concerns of the research centers and academic institutes. security-building in the regions like the caucasus is important because the historical roots of conflict could be seen in the policies of various countries. whenever some manifestations of authoritarianism can be seen, some countries are in the state of cooperative action. how...

Introduction Civil wars arguably pose the most serious problem to security in the contemporary world. Since the end of World War II, internal conflicts have become much more frequent than wars among states (Sollenberg and Wallensteen 2001). Accordingly, it does not come as a surprise that most conflict analysts have increasingly come to shift their research toward civil wars (Lake 2003). There ...

The health situation in Japan after World War II was extremely poor. However, in less than 35 years the country's life expectancy was the highest in the world. Japan's continuing health gains are linked to policies established at the end of World War II by the Allied occupation force that established a democratic government. The Confucian principles that existed in Japan long before the occupat...

International peacebuilding can improve the prospects that a civil war will be resolved. Although peacebuilding strategies must be designed to address particular conflicts, broad parameters that fit most conflicts can be identified. Strategies should address the local roots of hostility; the local capacities for change; and the (net) specific degree of international commitment available to assi...

In 1824, a group of German immigrants settled in Rio Grande do Sul, initiating a process of immigration that continued until World War II. The physician Daniel Hillebrand, first director of the Colony of São Leopoldo, was part of this group. During the subsequent 125 years, other German doctors emigrated to the state - some graduates of medical school, others with partial studies only. Many pla...