Greening Mine Action In Armenia As A Component Of Sustainable Development In The Economy Of The Country,
2024
Center for Humanitarian Demining and Expertise
Greening Mine Action In Armenia As A Component Of Sustainable Development In The Economy Of The Country, Vaghinak Sargsyan
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Contamination in Armenia stems from the long-term conflict with Azerbaijan, affecting four out of eleven regions in Armenia: Tavoush region, Syunik region, Gexarquniq region, and Vayots Dzor region. The contamination covers an area of more than 42 km2, with more than 10 km2 confirmed hazardous areas and over 31 km2 suspected hazardous areas. Land affected includes pasture (66 percent), arable (22 percent), and forest (12 percent). There are 805 registered victims of landmine and explosive remnants of war (ERW) incidents. Additionally, among the 120,000 displaced Karabakh Armenians, more than 700 are survivors of landmines and ERW, many of whom find …
Bridging The Atrocity Prevention Gap Between The International And The Local: Lessons Learned From Meso-Level Leadership In Ukraine And Syria,
2024
Kennesaw State University
Bridging The Atrocity Prevention Gap Between The International And The Local: Lessons Learned From Meso-Level Leadership In Ukraine And Syria, Kristina Hook, Jamie D. Wise
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
This paper explores meso-level approaches to atrocity prevention that incorporate a wider array of local expertise at all stages, from early warning to transitional justice. Specifically, we treat meso-level approaches as encompassing local leadership and advocacy across bottom-up processes, grassroots efforts, victim-led activism, and civil society mobilization. We draw from two contemporary cases of mass atrocities, Ukraine and Syria, which exemplify such efforts, using primary interview data with meso-level actors. First, we examine atrocity risk early warning in Ukraine, where prescient local expertise at the meso-level failed to influence international responses, asking what went wrong and what more could be …
Dangerous Speech As An Atrocity Early Warning Indicator: Measuring Changing Conflict Dynamics,
2024
Dangerous Speech Project
Dangerous Speech As An Atrocity Early Warning Indicator: Measuring Changing Conflict Dynamics, Catherine Buerger, Susan Benesch
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
Dangerous speech, any expression that can increase the likelihood that someone will commit or condone violence against members of another group, can be a powerful early warning signal of impending mass violence. However, one cannot make a list of words that are dangerous, since the effect of the message depends not only on its content, but also on how it is communicated: by whom, to whom, and under what circumstances. What may be benign in one context may be extremely inflammatory in another. Thus, effective monitoring requires deep knowledge of the local setting and structural factors. The spread of dangerous …
Revivifying The Responsibility To Protect: Strengthening The Normative Consensus For Atrocity Prevention,
2024
George Washington University
Revivifying The Responsibility To Protect: Strengthening The Normative Consensus For Atrocity Prevention, Matthew Levinger
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
This paper examines weaknesses in the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle, drawing on the scholarly literature on norm diffusion and norm cooptation. Despite having been unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2005, the R2P doctrine almost immediately attracted criticism that it reinforced a neocolonial stance by nations of the Global North toward those of the Global South. This critique grew in force during the chaotic aftermath of the 2011 intervention in Libya, which had been authorized as an R2P mission. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas conflict, and the intensifying competition between the United States and China …
Lessons Learned: Overcoming Obstacles To Inference And Synthesis In Atrocity Prevention Research,
2024
Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Lessons Learned: Overcoming Obstacles To Inference And Synthesis In Atrocity Prevention Research, Tallan Donine, Daniel Solomon, Lawrence Woocher
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
In this paper, we argue that atrocity prevention (AP) researchers face obstacles to inference and knowledge synthesis in the study of AP strategies and tools. We argue that researchers can begin to address obstacles to inference by using rigorous social-science methods and can address obstacles to knowledge synthesis through greater coordination and transparency about concepts, methods, and data. Our argument proceeds in four parts. First, drawing on a systematic review of three decades of research about AP tools, we survey key analytic obstacles to drawing conclusions about the effects of AP policy. Second, we survey four separate methods that researchers …
Contextualized Transitional Justice Policy Development In Uganda: Differentiating Between Normativity Types In Evidence-Based Problem Analysis,
2024
Binghamton University--SUNY
Contextualized Transitional Justice Policy Development In Uganda: Differentiating Between Normativity Types In Evidence-Based Problem Analysis, Saghar Shahidi Birjandian
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
This article discusses the fundamental impact of normativity on producing evidence-based guidance for context-sensitive transitional justice policy. It draws on lessons learned from Uganda’s complex transitional justice context and extensive fieldwork to demonstrate the necessity and the means to differentiate between belief-based normativity and evidence-based normativity in conducting problem analysis as a crucial site that determines the integrity of evidence-based guidance. It also establishes that evidence-based normativity guiding problem analysis must include empirical evidence of societal dynamics and views of affected communities or there is a significantly higher risk of belief-based normativity decontextualizing strategy development. Findings establish significant substantive differences …
The Journal Of Conventional Weapons Destruction Issue 28.3,
2024
James Madison University
The Journal Of Conventional Weapons Destruction Issue 28.3, Cisr Jmu
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
No abstract provided.
Patriarchy, Divided Societies, And Female Proponents Of Peace: A Comparative Case Study Of The Federation Of South African Women And The Northern Ireland Women’S Coalition,
2024
Taylor University
Patriarchy, Divided Societies, And Female Proponents Of Peace: A Comparative Case Study Of The Federation Of South African Women And The Northern Ireland Women’S Coalition, Briana Ibrahim
Global Studies Senior Capstone
FEDSAW and NIWC, two multi-community women's organizations promoting peace within conflict stricken societies, will be compared. An analysis of each organizations work, the commonalities they shared, and their core differences, will offer implications for the broader conversation on women's involvement in peace building.
Mapping The Threat Environment Of Southern California’S Elected Officials,
2024
University of San Diego
Mapping The Threat Environment Of Southern California’S Elected Officials, John Porten, Rachel Locke
Kroc IPJ Research and Resources
Are threats towards and harassment of public officials a problem? Some characterize the issue as one of free speech; strenuous criticism of local officials is required for democracy to function. Others argue that local elected officials and the media are simply seeking attention or blowing a small problem out of proportion. In other spaces, the case is made that democracy in America is broken, that governance at the local level can no longer function, and that security risks are rampant. Those studying the issue have gathered data that point to more insidious effects, including the disenfranchisement of voters, shifting representation …
The Digital Battlefield: Extremists On Social Media,
2024
Old Dominion University
The Digital Battlefield: Extremists On Social Media, Daniel P. Shanks
Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations
The rise of social media has transformed the battleground for extremist groups like ISIS and the Taliban, enabling them to reach global audiences with unprecedented ease. This dissertation investigates the social media strategies employed by the Taliban and ISIS. These social media strategies are used to further their strategic objectives in propaganda, recruitment, and operational coordination. Through a comprehensive analysis, the study explores how these extremist groups adapt their digital tactics in response to evolving military and political landscapes. Utilizing case studies from key military engagements and applying theoretical frameworks of rational actor theory, social identity theory, and finite and …
Selected U.S. Government Statistical Agencies And Their Data,
2024
Purdue University
Selected U.S. Government Statistical Agencies And Their Data, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations
Provides introductory and detailed overview of U.S. Government agencies statistics. Includes examples of how an individual U.S. law authorizes government agencies to compile statistics for particular congressional committees and the general public. Statistics cover topics such as demography, defense, foreign assistance, economic growth, criminal justice, energy, Social Security, and Medicare.
Developing Peace Leadership: Lessons From The Peace Practice Alliance,
2024
Chapman University
Developing Peace Leadership: Lessons From The Peace Practice Alliance, Whitney Mcintyre Miller, Lisa Hilt, Rabab Atwi, Nick Irwin
Education Faculty Articles and Research
In 2020, Euphrates Institute piloted the Peace Practice Alliance (PPA), a virtual six-month program that brings together an international cohort of peacebuilders to learn peace leadership theories and develop related skills and practices. The program framework is based on integral peace leadership, which focuses on four interrelated areas of Innerwork, Knowledge, Community, and Environment. As part of an emergent field, limited research has documented the application of integral peace leadership in peacebuilder training and development programs. This paper, therefore, examines the pilot PPA program to understand the ways in which an online, global peace leadership training program can support the …
The Holodomor: Death By Hunger,
2024
University of Missouri, St. Louis
The Holodomor: Death By Hunger, Marco Spann
Undergraduate Research Symposium
The Holodomor was a man-made famine used by Stalin’s regime against the nation of Ukraine. This deliberate famine was both politically and ethnically motivated for the purpose of progressing the Communist Revolution. Stalin believed there was a growing issue of separatism in Ukraine which threatened the unity of the Soviet Union. Stalin’s regime used collectivization, a system of violent seizure of land, people, and resources, to boost industrialization within the Soviet Union as well as to terrorize Ukrainians into submission. The Soviet Union enacted strict censorship of the Holodomor, setting back conversations on it by decades. The attack on the …
Review Of Chadian Sister Engages Kansas City Youth About Peace And Justice/ Citoyenne Du Monde En Construction A Kansas City,
2024
University of Dayton
Review Of Chadian Sister Engages Kansas City Youth About Peace And Justice/ Citoyenne Du Monde En Construction A Kansas City, Tiffany Hunsinger
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Our Trespasses: White Churches And The Taking Of American Neighborhoods,
2024
LeMoyne-Owen College
Review Of Our Trespasses: White Churches And The Taking Of American Neighborhoods, Peter R. Gathje
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Thoman Merton’S Tree Of Life: The Growth Of A Radical Ecologist,
2024
International Thomas Merton Society
Review Of Thoman Merton’S Tree Of Life: The Growth Of A Radical Ecologist, Paul Pynkoski
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Merton And Hinduism: The Yoga Of The Heart,
2024
St. Paul’s Seminary
Review Of Merton And Hinduism: The Yoga Of The Heart, Dhinakaran Savariyar
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Islamophobia: What Christians Should Know (And Do) About Anti-Muslim Discrimination,
2024
Xaverian Missionaries USA
Review Of Islamophobia: What Christians Should Know (And Do) About Anti-Muslim Discrimination, Carl Chudy
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Call: The Spiritual Realism Of Sargent Shriver Review Of Spiritualizing Politics Without Politicizing Religion: The Example Of Sargent Shriver,
2024
National Center for the Laity
Review Of The Call: The Spiritual Realism Of Sargent Shriver Review Of Spiritualizing Politics Without Politicizing Religion: The Example Of Sargent Shriver, William Droel
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Little Book Of Restorative Teaching Tools: Games, Activities, And Simulations For Understanding Restorative Justice Practices,
2024
UN Mandated University for Peace
Review Of The Little Book Of Restorative Teaching Tools: Games, Activities, And Simulations For Understanding Restorative Justice Practices, Olivia Engling
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
