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Algeria's intrastate war in the 1990s, during which militant Islamists and the state fought fiercely against each other, still raises questions concerning the decisive factors leading to its onset and escalation. This paper uses the resource curse approach and the rentier state theory to...
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The paper provides an assessment of India's role in the final years of the civil war in Sri Lanka (2003-2009). In particular, it looks for explanations for India's inability to act as a conflict manager in its own region, which is in contrast to predominant assumptions about the role of powerful...
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While mediation efforts in violent conflicts often fail, the academic literature on mediation has long ignored both this phenomenon and its consequences. This paper aims to fill this significant knowledge gap by examining the conditions under which the failure of mediation leads to an escalation...
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incompatibilities, several forms of non-state religious violence) and ambivalence (inter-religious networks, religious peace initiatives …
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This paper analyzes the role of religion with regard to the violence experienced during the past 20 years in Côte d'Ivoire. It seeks to explain the differences in the level of violence over time by focusing on religion as an identity marker and as a social force that is mobilizable by religious...
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careers is jeopardizing both peace and democracy. The author hypothesizes that both political parties and rebel movements are … war and the peace process. Patterns of elite behavior are presented as the main explanation for the resulting crisis of … gewaltsamen und friedlichen Handlungsweisen hin und her wechseln, um ihre eigene Karriere zu befördern, letztlich Frieden und …
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According to the theory of 'democratic peace' India, as the largest democracy in the world and as South Asia …, the paper analyzes the substantial role India came to play in the peace and democratization process in Nepal in the years …
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The involvement of business in peace negotiations and peacebuilding has become a standard concern for countries … peace processes in Colombia - a country that has been engulfed by conflict for almost five decades. The present paper … illustrates how business perceptions and behavior have evolved throughout various attempts at negotiating peace, revealing that …
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Religious elites are active for peace in many violent conflicts. Normative explanations often do not suffice to explain … rationally acting religious elites to be active for peace. It is their relationships to the government, other religious elites …, and believers that can motivate them to call for peace. However, they will do so only if they anticipate-based on the …
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the topics of patriotism, peace and good governance related to the World Cup qualification of both national teams supports … Vergleich von prägenden Diskursen zu den Themen Patriotismus, Frieden und Good Governance in der Berichterstattung über …
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