Publication Year: within 25 Years / Topic: War

Author:: Mingde Wang and Maaike Okano-Heijmans
Publication Date:: 03-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: The International Spectator
Institution:: Istituto Affari Internazionali
Abstract:: Historical disputes and nationalism continue to be issues of concern and controversy in the relationship between Japan and China. In 2005, popular nationalist sentiment culminated in nationwide anti-Japanese movements in China. This led to a crucial shift in the way China and Japan deal with history and popular nationalism. An unprecedented dialogue on war memory was initiated in late 2006, and the Sichuan earthquake relief effort in mid-2008 marked a further departure from earlier patterns. The Chinese government shifted away from conventional historiography that largely fed negative images of Japan. While these developments point to new, cooperative attitudes that aim to contain popular nationalist sentiment in manageable proportions, relations are nevertheless increasingly obscured by other tensions in the bilateral relationship.
Topic:: Government, Nationalism, and War
Political Geography:: Japan and China

Author:: Richard J. Evans
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: The National Interest
Institution:: Center for the National Interest
Abstract:: From Jason and the Golden Fleece to Napoleon and the Rosetta Stone it has been to the victor go the spoils. There may no longer be whole-scale pillaging of the Nazi era, but from Egypt to Iraq the...
Topic:: War
Political Geography:: Iraq, Europe, and Egypt

Author:: Thomas de Waal
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: The National Interest
Institution:: Center for the National Interest
Abstract:: The typical vision of Chechnya: a violence-filled land of terrorists fighting for independence from the Kremlin's iron grip. The reality is a land torn between nationalism and a Russian civic identity.
Topic:: Nationalism and War
Political Geography:: Afghanistan, Russia, and Chechnya

Author:: Margaret MacMillan
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: The National Interest
Institution:: Center for the National Interest
Abstract:: Our risk-averse culture regards the Great War with pity and horror. Adam Hochschild too adopts this war-is-hell view. But nationalism, patriotism and camaraderie motivated Europe's citizens to take up arms.
Topic:: War
Political Geography:: Russia and Europe

Author:: Jack A. Goldstone
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Foreign Affairs
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: Revolutions rarely succeed, writes one of the world's leading experts on the subject -- except for revolutions against corrupt and personalist "sultanistic" regimes. This helps explain why Tunisia's Ben Ali and Egypt's Mubarak fell -- and also why some other governments in the region will prove more resilient.
Topic:: War
Political Geography:: Soviet Union, Egypt, and Tunisia

Author:: Mark Blyth and Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Foreign Affairs
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: The upheavals in the Middle East have much in common with the recent global financial crisis: both were plausible worst-case scenarios whose probability was dramatically underestimated. When policymakers try to suppress economic or political volatility, they only increase the risk of blowups.
Topic:: War
Political Geography:: Middle East and Egypt

Author:: Daniel Markey
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: U.S.-Pakistani relations are in crisis. For Washington, Osam a bin Laden's safe haven in Abbottabad raises questions about Pakistan's complicity and/or incompetence. For Islamabad, bin Laden's killing shows its vulnerability to U.S. operations on its own soil .
Topic:: Foreign Policy, Terrorism, War, Armed Struggle, Insurgency, and Bilateral Relations
Political Geography:: Pakistan, United States, and Washington

Author:: Svein Erik Stave
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Norwegian Centre for Conflict Resolution
Abstract:: How can the effectiveness of peacebuilding operations in countries marked by conflict be better measured? This policy brief examines the steps needed to improve the measurement of peacebuilding work, highlights the technical and political problems this work faces, and makes recommendations for action by organisations in the field.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, Conflict Prevention, Non-Governmental Organization, Peace Studies, War, and Peacekeeping
Political Geography:: Afghanistan

Author:: Kazuya Yamamoto
Publication Date:: 05-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: International Relations of the Asia-Pacific
Institution:: Japan Association of International Relations
Abstract:: A common view of Japan's International Relations (IR) studies in the post-World War II period is that they are characterized by pacifism and historical approaches. This paper argues that while pacifism has continued to serve as the basis of them, the approaches adopted by researchers have become increasingly diversified. Specifically, although the main issues for Japanese IR studies in the postwar period (i.e. defense strategy, world political economy, and global issues) have been consistently addressed by researchers on the basis of pacifism, the theoretical orientation of researchers has continually become stronger. Finally, this paper argues that both changing and continuous characteristics of IR studies in Japan have been supported by global developments, and concludes that this trend will continue into the near future.
Topic:: International Relations, Globalization, Political Economy, and War
Political Geography:: Somalia

Author:: Nicolas Vercken and Hannah Cooper
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Oxfam Publishing
Abstract:: In 2010, millions of men, women, and children were killed, raped, displaced, injured, or recruited by force in armed conflicts throughout the world. Whether caught in the crossfire or deliberately targeted, civilians too often suffer disproportionately as a result of conflict.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, Human Rights, United Nations, and War

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