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Toward A Scholarship Of Peace Leadership, Whitney Mcintyre Miller Oct 2016

Toward A Scholarship Of Peace Leadership, Whitney Mcintyre Miller

Education Faculty Articles and Research

This article discusses the phenomenon of peace leadership, an emerging sub-area of leadership studies. This literature review discusses peace leadership scholarly work specifically identified as such by its authors, and therefore does not include literature potentially viewed as informing the broader discussion of peace leadership. The peace leadership specific scholarly literature discussed herein includes work on the traits, characteristics, and practices of peace leaders; peace leader role and responsibilities; and the connective and collective nature of peace leadership. Discussion of the literature concludes with a proposed definition of peace leadership and three suggestions for ways to continue to build peace …


De Facto Sovereignty And Population Displacement As Tools Of Conflict, Hilmi Ulas Mar 2016

De Facto Sovereignty And Population Displacement As Tools Of Conflict, Hilmi Ulas

Peace Studies Faculty Articles and Research

Two largely debated questions in the realm of international relations are the roles of post-Cold War Russia and China within the current global context. However, the debates in the literature fails to take into account the fact that both superpowers employ the same tactic: the asymmetrical conquest of new territory as promoted by historical claims, retroactively justified through population displacement. Subsequently, debates on the topic mistakenly focus on elite motivations rather than what can be controlled: the responses of the international community to the abovementioned tactics. I will document why mainly Russia but also China have opted to use the …