Diploweb.com, revue geopolitique, articles, cartes, relations internationales Council on Foreign Relations ANU -RSPAS - Graduate Studies in International Affairs The Department of International Relations is one of the leading centres for the study of global politics in the world, and the only department of its kind in Australia. We combine the study of international relations with a focus on the Asia Pacific region. Our researchers analyse how changes in foreign policies, the strategic balance of power, international norms and globalisation drive political developments in the Asia Pacific region and around the world. The Department has long been the premier site in Australia, and one of the leading in the world, for the education of graduate students in international relations in our Graduate Studies in International Affairs (GSIA) and PhD programs. The Department is located within the School of International, Political and Strategic Studies, Australia’s leading research centre on the issues facing the Asia Pacific region, and the College of Asia and the Pacific, one of the world's largest concentrations of Asia Pacific expertise.
Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) | US Army War College Peace Building - Clements Kevin P. Clements The world clearly needs some new ways of thinking about old problems and new ways of acting if we are going to survive into the 21st century. It is vital, therefore, that students of peace and conflict work out ways of harnessing the creative imagination of everyone so that all peoples can envisage a positive future and ways of realizing that future. In relation to this imaging, peace and conflict theorists need to learn from evolutionary theorists if they are to play a significant part in global survival. What is missing in most of the social sciences and in much of our work in conflict analysis and resolution are opportunities to hear what the voiceless, the marginalized, the excluded and the victims have to say. What is also missing are dialogues across the huge social fissures -- those of class, those that exist between persons locked into cultures of violence and those working to build cultures of peace, as well as those that flow from gender and ethnicity.
Hoover Institution CSIS The Russia and Eurasia Program engages in projects that provide research, analysis, assessment, and recommendations to government and non-government officials for action. Its substantive focus encompasses all the regions of the former Soviet Union. The Russia and Eurasia Program also undertakes projects that examine pivotal and timely issues affecting Eastern Europe and Central Asia such as economic development , energy, democratization, HIV/AIDS, and human rights abuses. The program raises awareness of issues related to these topics; investigates their causes, nature, and local and international consequences, and proposes potential solutions through a variety of meetings, seminars and publications. Alongside its projects and policy work, the program builds and maintains strategic networks of scholars and experts for its various initiatives. More information about our projects and access to program publications can be found on the Russia & Eurasia program publication page. Past updates
CHALLENGES FOR PEACE RESEARCHERS AND PEACE BUILDERS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: EDUCATION AND COORDINATION OF A DIVERSITY OF ACTORS IN APPLYING WHAT WE ARE LEARNING - Chadwick F. Alger; The International Journal for Peace Studies Chadwick F. Alger Introduction Peace research has made great strides in the last half of the Twentieth Century. Most significant, our paradigms now include positive peace as well negative peace, thereby inclusive of economic, human rights and ecological concerns. In this last decade of the Twentieth Century there has been such a torrent of literature that it is difficult to comprehend major trends and contributions. Peace research is obviously being enriched by the tendency to encompass ever more kinds of actors and issues, and at the same time to illuminate the interdependencies of an array of peace related actors and issues. Five Peace Research Trends First, there are increasing efforts to develop approaches to peace building that combine a number of tools into comprehensive strategies. Second, as reflected in the Zartman work, there is growing attention to the importance of pursuing multiple tracks simultaneously. Third, there is a growing tendency to take a long term perspective.
Europe - Fondation Robert Schuman I Want a Twenty-Four-Hour Truce During Which There Is No Rape During Which There Is No Rape Copyright © 1984 , 1988, 1993 by Andrea Dworkin. All rights reserved. This was a speech given at the Midwest Regional Conference of the National Organization for Changing Men in the fall of 1983 in St Paul, Minnesota. One of the organizers kindly sent me a tape and a transcript of my speech. The magazine of the men's movement, M., published it. I have thought a great deal about how a feminist, like myself, addresses an audience primarily of political men who say that they are antisexist. And if there would be a plea or a question or a human address in that scream, it would be this: why are you so slow? And also: that we do not have time. And it is happening for a simple reason. It is not done 5000 miles away or 3000 miles away. The power exercised by men day to day in life is power that is institutionalized. It is an extraordinary thing to try to understand and confront why it is that men believe--and men do believe--that they have the right to rape.
- www.trilateral.org Has Conflict Resolution Grown Up- Danesh Hossain B. Danesh and Roshan Danesh The community of scholars, practitioners, and students who work in the field of conflict resolution is currently the object of a strong wave of criticism. Historically, the field has been exposed to attack from without. In recent years, however, the voices of discontent have increasingly been from within. One vehement strand of criticism has been the perceived co-optation of the movement by a particular subculture—lawyers (Goldberg, 1997). The primary effect of these criticisms has been to highlight the unique complexities of the field of conflict resolution. The Utility of a Developmental Model Social entities and the body politic have often been understood by analogy to the individual human organism. Development, Worldviews, and Unity Worldview Developmental models often posit that individuals mature and act according to particular worldviews at various stages of development.
ANU - STUDYAT - New States of Eurasia Syllabus: Following the collapse of the USSR in 1991, fifteen former Soviet republics emerged as sovereign states. All of them have struggled to evolve working political systems and maintain sovereignty and internal cohesion. The newly independent states have been under pressure from Russia, China and the USA competing for geopolitical influence and, in a number of cases, control over extensive energy resources. Most of them have experienced economic decline, armed conflicts, terrorism, civil violence, organised crime and separatism of minority groups. The course will seek to analyse topical developments and highlight long-term trends in security choices of the former Soviet Union. Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Indicative Assessment One 3,000-word essay (50%) (assesses LO 2-5), and either a two-hour examination or a 2000 word essay (40%) (assesses LO 1, 3 and 5. Workload Two lectures and one tutorial per week Preliminary Reading Majors