the notion of peace, regardless of theorizations accepted in th field and since the                  enlightenment period, and the era known as modernism, has, constantly, been one of the challenges of mankind, and also scientists in the field of political sciences and international relations.  contrary to the presentation of the idea of peace and respect to the human rights in some of the fore...

among others internal, regional, international, political, economic, technical, social and cultural factors are reasons that theorists introduce for beginning of integration at a region. by looking at the functions of the shanghai cooperation organization and the association of southeast asian nations (asean), we understand that there are two basic pragmatic factors, the support of the great po...

the end of cold war created a unique opportunity for both the arabs and israelis to end their animosity and for the united states to play an important role to bring them to peace negotiations. therefore, during the 1990s, the u.s. facilitated several rounds of talks between syria and israel, but the negotiations complicated gradually. the talks were stalled over the fact that israel did not wan...

explanation and evaluation of the book “rational choice and security studies, stephen walt and its critics”, edited by brown owen and lynn josomiller, has taken place in fact in the direction of exploration of the knowledge of security studies in international relations. in terms, examination of walt’s rational choice approach, and the formal-mathematical model, can help us to present a clear a...

1 The five BRICS countries are Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. 2 Ministry of External Affairs of India, “Speech by Foreign Secretary on Building Global Security at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) – Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS),” April 16, 2012, http://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl/19340/Speech+by+Foreign+Secretary+on+Building+Global+Security+at+...

What types of ties lead states towards decreased dyadic conflict? There are two implicit points of debate in the literature: first, whether it is states’ ties to the system leader or instead their ties to each other that are important in shaping conflict propensities; and second, whether it is economic or security ties that are paramount. Power transition theory suggests that states’ ties to th...

In 2000, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325, on ‘Women, Peace and Security’ (WPS). It demanded more participation for women in peace, protection of conflict prevention conflict-related violence against women. New directions Women, is a timely contribution around anniversary resolution, as its effects are increasingly both acknowledged questioned. The contributors make m...

Once a set of civil war actors reach a final peace agreement, a number of different implementation sequences are possible as the negotiated provisions are put into practice. We focus on a key but threatening stepping stone in the post-accord period—the holding of the first post-accord election—which has the capacity to be a stabilizing or destabilizing force. We identify effective accommodation...