scholarly journals Ripeness and readiness theories in international conflict resolution

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 414-428
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
International Conflict ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Conflict Analysis ◽  
Bilateral Coordination ◽  
Change Dynamics ◽  
International Mediation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

This paper offers a theoretical perspective on the relationship between ripeness theory and readiness theory within the structuralist paradigm of international mediation as a part of international conflict resolution. In order to do so, it explains the foundations of international mediation and these theories in question, discusses their primary notions and further argues and offers some practical generalizations for conflict analysis. It suggests that, first using readiness theory to understand each party separately, then using ripeness theory to map the bilateral coordination may be a better way to grasp basic foundations and change dynamics of the conflict to catch the ‘ripe’ moment.

scholarly journals Editorial

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 412-413
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
International Conflict ◽  
Conflict Theory ◽  
International Conflicts ◽  
Bilateral Coordination ◽  
Change Dynamics ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Conflict Intervention ◽  
Theory Research

Conflict theory and conflict intervention can be explored using a wide range of perspectives, from a focus on different specialisms, through theory, research and to theory applied to practice. We welcome the contributors to this issue from many parts of the world, covering a wide range of mediation themes and topics. The authors in this issue examine conflict with a focus on a variety of different fields of knowledge which are the bases for the articles. In this issue, Aytekin Cantekin presents and critiques conflict “ripeness” or “readiness” theories, concepts that have been helpful as analytic tools in the world of peacemaking. His article, “Ripeness and Readiness Theories in International Conflict Resolution” argues that “...using readiness theory (first) to understand each party and its positions separately, then using ripeness theory to map the bilateral coordination can be a better way to grasp basic foundations and change dynamics of the conflict to catch the ripe moment...” for conflict intervention in international conflicts.

Leader Survival, Sources of Political Insecurity, and International Conflict

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 596-609
Author(s):  
Matthew DiLorenzo
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
International Conflict ◽  
Conflict Behavior ◽  
International Conflicts ◽  
Conflict Initiation ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
Leader Survival ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

Recent research identifies the risk and consequences of losing office as important factors in leaders’ decisions to initiate international conflicts. This paper argues that the institutional source of a domestic threat to a leader should condition the relationship between political insecurity and international conflict. Specifically, existing theoretical mechanisms linking international conflict to security in office should not apply to threats that come from outside a leader’s selectorate. Natural disasters provide a convenient opportunity to test this argument since others have argued that disasters not only affect the risk that all types of leaders lose office but that they do so by creating threats that operate through different mechanisms in different domestic institutional contexts. I find that deaths from disasters are positively associated with conflict initiation among large-coalition leaders throughout the period of 1950 to 2007. I also find that neither disaster deaths nor events are related to conflict behavior for small-coalition leaders. In arguing that not all threats to leader survival matter for international conflict, the paper offers an important qualification to theories of leader survival and international conflict.

Le Mozambique et ses « cousins » [Benjamin Nûnez : Dictionary of Portuguese-African Civilization, vol. 1 : From discovery to independence ; Jaroslav Cerny & Otakar Hulec (eds) : Africana Bohemien. Bibliographia 1918-1988 ; Tim Youngs : Travellers in Africa. British travelogues, 1850-1900 ; Sven Lindqvist : « Exterminate all the brutes » ; Nils Chr. Stenseth, Kjetil Paulsen & Rolf Karlsen (red.) : Afrika. Natur, samfunn og Bistand ; Abdulai Sila : L'ultime tragédie ; Colin Darch : Tanzania. Revised edition ; Pierre Macaire : L'héritage makhuwa au Mozambique ; Andrew C. Ross : Blantyre Mission and the making of modern Malawi ; Allen Isaacman : Cotton is the mother of poverty. Peasants, work and rural struggle in colonial Mozambique, 1938-1961 ; Ricardo de Saavedra : Os dias do fini ; Carlos Vale Ferraz : Os lobos nâo usam coleiras ; Rachel Waterhouse : Mozambique. Rising from the ashes ; Satu Ojanperâ : When people have to move away. Ressettlement as part of erosion control in Nacala, Mozambique ; Jean Dominique Durand et Régis Ladous : Andréa Riccardi, Sant'Egidio, Rome et le Monde ; Éric Morier-Genoud : Of God and Caesar : The relation between Christian Churches and the State in colonial Mozambique, 1974-1981 ; Nations unies : The emergency situation in Mozambique. Priority, requirements for the period 1990-1991 ; Philippe Val : Allez-y, vous n 'en reviendrez pas (la suite) ; Joseph Hanlon : Peace without profit. How the IMF blocks rebuilding in Mozambique ; Brazâo Mazula : Educaçâo, culturel e ideologia em Moçambique : 1975-1985 ; Stephen John Stedman : Peacemaking in civil war. International mediation in Zimbabwe, 1974-1980 ; Thomas Ohlson, Stephen John Stedman & Robert Davies : The new is not born. Conflict resolution in Southern Africa ; Edmond J. Keller & Donald Rothchild (eds.) : Africa in the new international order. Rethinking State sovereignty and régional security ; hester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson & Pamela Aall (eds.) : Managing global chaos. Sources of and responses to international conflict ; Paul B. Rich (éd.) : Reaction and renewal in South Africa ; Jakkie Cilliers & Greg Mills (eds.) : Peacekeeping in Africa, vol. 2]

1997 ◽  
Vol 84 (317) ◽  
pp. 127-133
Author(s):  
René Pélissier
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
International Conflict ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
International Order ◽  
State Sovereignty ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
International Mediation

A case study of mediation as a method of International conflict resolution: the Camp David experience

1986 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Bercovitch
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
International Conflict ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
International Mediation ◽  
General Explanation

This paper purports to contribute to the development of a theory of international mediation by considering, in some detail, the experience at Camp David and more specifically the role of President Carter. The uniqueness of this event cannot of course be ignored, but even unique cases can contribute to theory development especially if they are considered as one of a class of events. Single cases can provide a powerful impetus to the development of a general explanation as long as they are historically grounded and their description is not couched in purely idiosyncratic terms.

Home, Sweet Home: Negotiating Intimacy in Brazilian Elitist Closed Condominiums

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 374-395
Author(s):  
Rafael Ignacio Estrada Mejia ◽  
Carla Guerrón Guerron Montero
Keyword(s):  
Collective Mode ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Social Distinction ◽  
History Of ◽  
Collective Production ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

This article aims to decrease the cultural invisibility of the wealthy by exploring the Brazilian emergent elites and their preferred living arrangement: elitist closed condominiums (BECCs) from a micropolitical perspective.  We answer the question: What is the relationship between intimacy and subjectivity that is produced in the collective mode of existence of BECCs? To do so, we trace the history of the elite home, from the master’s house (casa grande) to contemporary closed condominiums. Following, we discuss the features of closed condominiums as spaces of segregation, fragmentation and social distinction, characterized by minimal public life and an internalized sociability. Finally, based on ethnographic research conducted in the mid-size city of Londrina (state of Paraná) between 2015 and 2017, we concentrate on four members of the emergent elite who live in BECCs, addressing their collective production of subjectivity. 

The UN Secretary-General and the Security Council

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Security Council ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Organizational Relationships ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
International Mediation ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Relationship

The United Nations Secretary-General and the United Nations Security Council spend significant amounts of time on their relationship with each other. They rely on each other for such important activities as peacekeeping, international mediation, and the formulation and application of normative standards in defense of international peace and security—in other words, the executive aspects of the UN’s work. The edited book The UN Secretary-General and the Security Council: A Dynamic Relationship aims to fill an important lacuna in the scholarship on the UN system. Although there exists an impressive body of literature on the development and significance of the Secretariat and the Security Council as separate organs, an important gap remains in our understanding of the interactions between them. Bringing together some of the most prominent authorities on the subject, this volume is the first book-length treatment of this topic. It studies the UN from an innovative angle, creating new insights on the (autonomous) policy-making of international organizations and adding to our understanding of the dynamics of intra-organizational relationships. Within the book, the contributors examine how each Secretary-General interacted with the Security Council, touching upon such issues as the role of personality, the formal and informal infrastructure of the relationship, the selection and appointment processes, as well as the Secretary-General’s threefold role as a crisis manager, administrative manager, and manager of ideas.

The Role of the Judiciary and Its Relationship to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Waddington
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Amicus Curiae ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Legal Duty ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

This chapter examines the role of the judiciary with regard to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It considers the relationship which the judiciary have or appear to perceive themselves as having with the CRPD and explores some of the factors seemingly prompting courts to refer to it. The first section reflects on: whether judges are able to choose to refer to the Convention or have a legal duty to do so; the significance of the fact that the CRPD is international law; and whether judges appear to see themselves merely as domestic actors, or as agents or trustees of the CRPD. The second section explores whether judges are referring to the CRPD in response to arguments raised before the court or doing so of their own volition. Also considered are the relevance of amicus curiae interventions; reasons for referral related to the domestic legal system; and the role of particularly engaged individuals.

Protecting Natural Resources

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérémie Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
Conservation Of Natural Resources ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

This chapter focuses on the connection between the international legal framework governing the conservation of natural resources and human rights law. The objective is to examine the potential synergies between international environmental law and human rights when it comes to the protection of natural resources. To do so, it concentrates on three main areas of potential convergence. It first focuses on the pollution of natural resources and analyses how human rights law offers a potential platform to seek remedies for the victims of pollution. It next concentrates on the conservation of natural resources, particularly on the interconnection between protected areas, biodiversity, and human rights law. Finally, it examines the relationship between climate change and human rights law, focusing on the role that human rights law can play in the development of the current climate change adaptation and mitigation frameworks.

scholarly journals Designing for international law: The architecture of international organizations 1922–1952

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Miriam Bak McKenna
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
International Law ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
International Organization ◽  
International Labour Organization ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Physical Manifestation ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Do So

Abstract Situating itself in current debates over the international legal archive, this article delves into the material and conceptual implications of architecture for international law. To do so I trace the architectural developments of international law’s organizational and administrative spaces during the early to mid twentieth century. These architectural endeavours unfolded in three main stages: the years 1922–1926, during which the International Labour Organization (ILO) building, the first building exclusively designed for an international organization was constructed; the years 1927–1937 which saw the great polemic between modernist and classical architects over the building of the Palace of Nations; and the years 1947–1952, with the triumph of modernism, represented by the UN Headquarters in New York. These events provide an illuminating allegorical insight into the physical manifestation, modes of self-expression, and transformation of international law during this era, particularly the relationship between international law and the function and role of international organizations.

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