The first international peace operation by the United Nations took place in 1948. Seventy-five years later, more than one hundred multilateral missions have been launched on a global scale as mechanisms of international conflict management and resolu...Lasīt vairāk
Armed violence, the subject of this publication, represents one of the most damaging security problems for Central Americas inhabitants. Violent deaths caused by firearms in countries in the region comprise between 70 and 90 per cent. Regulatory fr...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 08-Jul-2025, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487562663)
Initially perceived as a peripheral region, Belarus has played a crucial role in shaping historical narratives. From the First World War to the Cold War, the activities of Belarusian nationalists were central to the country’s involvement in br...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 08-Jul-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487562656)
Initially perceived as a peripheral region, Belarus has played a crucial role in shaping historical narratives. From the First World War to the Cold War, the activities of Belarusian nationalists were central to the country’s involvement in br...Lasīt vairāk
Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) is practised globally by civilians protecting fellow civilians without the use of weapons. This book argues that while UCP is useful and transformative in its own right, its principles and values mean it has the p...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 26-Jun-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Bristol University Press, ISBN-13: 9781529233896)
Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) is practised globally by civilians protecting fellow civilians without the use of weapons. This book argues that while UCP is useful and transformative in its own right, its principles and values mean it has the p...Lasīt vairāk
Since 2012, ceasefires have been used in Syria to halt violence and facilitate peace agreements. However, in this book, Marika Sosnowski argues that a ceasefire is rarely ever just a cease fire. Instead, she demonstrates that ceasefires are not onl...Lasīt vairāk
A trailblazing Quaker scientists slender masterwork of moral courage, penned at the height of the Cold War, envisioning a transformation of the human spirit and our politics that might enable the triumph of peace...Lasīt vairāk
Sally Beckers account of life and work in some of the most dangerous placed in the world is compelling and unforgettable. Through the many hardships she has faced she has never lost sight of her main mission to save as many innocent children as po...Lasīt vairāk
What is the role of a soldier at the end of war, when either victory or defeat is inevitable? This book delves into that question, exploring how the military and soldiers on the ground have contributed to the transition to peace. With case studies...Lasīt vairāk
This is a not a book about peacekeeping practices. This is a book about storytelling, fantasies, and the ways that people connect emotionally to myths about peacekeeping. The celebration of peacekeeping as a legitimate and desirable use of military f...Lasīt vairāk
This book provides an in-depth analysis of mediation, arguing that it represents a vital tool for third-party intervention, and that back-track mediation more specifically, as one of the tools of such intervention, is a pillar of mediation. It fur...Lasīt vairāk
Through two Colombian case studies, Sanne Weber identifies the ways in which conflict experiences are defined by structures of gender inequality, and how these could be transformed in the post-conflict context. The author reveals that curre...Lasīt vairāk
The past two decades have seen a change in conflict patterns around the globe, with new conflict trends increasingly challenging established response systems. In light of these changes the relevance of UN peace operations has been called into ques...Lasīt vairāk
The past two decades have seen a change in conflict patterns around the globe, with new conflict trends increasingly challenging established response systems. In light of these changes the relevance of UN peace operations has been called into ques...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 28-Nov-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Bristol University Press, ISBN-13: 9781529238808)
This book explores how survivors of political violence in Colombia have asserted themselves and challenged those in power. Drawing on interviews and various academic disciplines, the book proposes a victim-centered approach to transitional justice, v...Lasīt vairāk
Jolanta Itrich-Drabarek, Marzena Cichosz, Danuta Plecka, Anna Jach
(Izdošanas datums: 22-Nov-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781032851259)
This book formulates a conceptual framework to analyse the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. It examines the strategies of the Baltic states and the attitudes of the societies of the Baltic Sea basin, directed not only towards limiting the consequences...Lasīt vairāk
