Essays about: "interstate disputes"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words interstate disputes.
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1. On rough terrain: Islands and Violence
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Although island disputes have returned to the geopolitical theatre on a small scale, to date, virtually no previous research on territorial interstate island disputes and violent escalation exists. This paper argues that when an island is positioned in a strategic location, because of its unique attacking, defending, and trade capabilities this may induce a willingness towards- and eventual use of violence in the attempt to conquer or defend the territory. READ MORE
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2. Achieving Sustainable Environmental Peace in Asymmetric Transboundary Water Conflicts – Human Rights-Based Approach to Water Cooperation in the Israel-Palestine Case
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : As a result of the rapid population growth, the increasing economic interests and the global climate crisis, disputes over freshwater resources become more frequent and severe. Although many States pursue environmental cooperation to avoid or resolve water conflicts, such cooperation agreements often suffer from a weak political will to implement just cooperation mechanisms. READ MORE
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3. Determinants of violence and escalation
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Democratic peace theory, or DPT, has in recent academic studies had its explanatory power and validity questioned and examined. One of the contenders against DPT is civil-military relations. READ MORE
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4. WATER AS A CURSE? A quantitative examination of the link between water resources and interstate conflict
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The phenomenon of the resource curse links the abundance of natural resources to higher levels of conflict occurrence. Until now, most literature merely focuses on non-renewable resources such as diamonds or gold. READ MORE
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5. Water is Thicker than Blood: A Structured Focused Comparison on International Relations in the South China Sea
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The overarching aim of this study is to gain understanding on what major state-centric international relations-theory could best explain certain aspects on modern inter-state maritime disputes. From neorealist and neoliberalist schools of thought an operational schematic was formed as a theoretical ram to break down and explain underlying structures in instances of the empirical data-universe, which consisted of interstate dealings between China, Vietnam and The Philippines regarding the contested territory of The Spratly Islands. READ MORE