Showing papers in "Cooperation and Conflict in 2020"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that rising powers are productive agents of normative change and are able to execute normative resistance to shape international order, contrary to the existing literature, and argue that they are not passive agents of change.
Abstract: How do rising powers execute normative resistance to shape international order? Contrary to the existing literature, I argue that rising powers are productive agents of normative change and interna...
21 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the relationship between contemporary revolutionary agency, domestic reforms and liberal peacebuilding in the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings in particular, focusing on the...
Abstract: This article explores the relationship between contemporary revolutionary agency, domestic reforms and liberal peacebuilding in the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings. In particular, it focuses on the...
20 citations
TL;DR: The nascent spatial turn in peace and conflict studies is a promising development that expands conceptual resources and offers useful correctives to existing scholarship as discussed by the authors. But the turn to space is not yet complete.
Abstract: The nascent spatial turn in peace and conflict studies is a promising development that expands conceptual resources and offers useful correctives to existing scholarship. However, the turn to space...
19 citations
TL;DR: Scholars and policymakers have long used the shorthand of hawks and doves to characterize leader personalities that correspond to a particular political inclination, whereby hawks are considered ri....
Abstract: Scholars and policymakers have long used the shorthand of hawks and doves to characterize leader personalities that correspond to a particular political inclination, whereby hawks are considered ri...
18 citations
TL;DR: The EU has been a key actor in shaping European gender regimes in post-war Europe as discussed by the authors and there is a substantial amount of work on the role of the EU as a gender actor, particularly in employment and soci...
Abstract: The EU has been a key actor in shaping European gender regimes in post-war Europe. There is a substantial amount of work on the role of the EU as a gender actor, particularly in employment and soci...
18 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a collection of articles that engage with, and aim to extend, recent scholarship emphasising space as a category of analysis in peace and conflict analysis is presented, focusing on the role of space in conflict analysis.
Abstract: This introduction provides an overview for the following collection of articles that engage with, and aim to extend, recent scholarship emphasising space as a category of analysis in peace and conf...
18 citations
TL;DR: Greenland representatives successfully use the renewed international geostrategic interest in the Arctic to enhance Greenland's foreign policy sovereignty as discussed by the authors. This is facilitated by Denmark's dependen-...
Abstract: Greenland representatives successfully use the renewed international geostrategic interest in the Arctic to enhance Greenland’s foreign policy sovereignty. This is facilitated by Denmark’s dependen...
15 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider what treating individual international interveners engaged in peacebuilding work as referent objects can tell us about emplaced security, and show that individual intervention can be useful in the context of national security.
Abstract: This article considers what treating individual international interveners engaged in peacebuilding work as referent objects can tell us about emplaced security. This is important because individual...
14 citations
TL;DR: In an extension of the local turn's emphasis on agency and resistance, much of this scholarship interpret the concept of "the everyday" as discussed by the authors as the everyday, which is problematic.
Abstract: Quite a lot of recent peacebuilding scholarship has deployed the concept of ‘the everyday’. In an extension of the local turn’s emphasis on agency and resistance, much of this scholarship interpret...
14 citations
TL;DR: Based on a discursive analysis of various media reports published in 2015 and 2018 by and about the Finnish right-wing street patrolling organization Soldiers of Odin (SOO), this article explore the gendered dim...
Abstract: Based on a discursive analysis of various media reports published in 2015–2018 by and about the Finnish right-wing street patrolling organization Soldiers of Odin (SOO), we explore the gendered dim...
13 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the introduction of ethnography to International Relations has not taken full advantage of the potential of bringing these two fields together, and they argue that using international int...
Abstract: In this article, I argue that the introduction of ethnography to International Relations has not taken full advantage of the potential of bringing these two fields together. Using international int...
TL;DR: In this article, the core concept of international relations is defined as "Sovereignty" and a binary framing is used to define the relation between the concepts of sovereignty and international relations, where sovereignty is seen to consist of two comp...
Abstract: Sovereignty is the core concept of international relations. Almost without exception, approaches to sovereignty in IR have followed a binary framing where sovereignty is seen to consist of two comp...
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between place and security in Solomon Islands is examined and place is understood not only as a geographical location, but also as a social, material and symbolic arena.
Abstract: This article examines the relationship between place and peace and security in Solomon Islands. Place is understood not only as a geographical location, but as a social, material and symbolic arena...
TL;DR: Since Serbia and Kosovo began their political and technical dialogue mediated by the European Union in 2011, numerous agreements were signed, but few of them implemented as discussed by the authors. In addition, since 2018 th...
Abstract: Since Serbia and Kosovo began their political and technical dialogue mediated by the European Union in 2011, numerous agreements were signed, but few of them implemented. In addition, since 2018 th...
TL;DR: The roll-out of biometric voter registration (BVR) across Africa, as supported by the United States, has been criticised as a retreat from democracy promotion in liberal interventionism.
Abstract: It has been argued that we are witnessing a retreat from democracy promotion in liberal interventionism. Focusing on the roll-out of biometric voter registration (BVR) across Africa, as supported b...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider how reification, instrumental subject/object relations and the drive for certainty and control undermine the notion of security and conflict in conflict and conflict resolution.
Abstract: How we approach knowing conflict and security makes a difference. This article first considers how reification, instrumental subject/object relations and the drive for certainty and control undermi...
TL;DR: Capacity building has risen to prominence in the vocabulary of the international community as a way to promote security and development in fragile and post-conflict environments as mentioned in this paper. But capacity building has not yet been considered as a sustainable development strategy.
Abstract: Capacity building has risen to prominence in the vocabulary of the international community as a way to promote security and development in fragile and post-conflict environments. Capacity building ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the intersections between visual, spatial and material and how these interactions capture the border politics of everyday 'banal' objects are examined. But, they do not consider the relationship between visual and spatial information.
Abstract: This article examines the intersections between the visual, spatial and material and considers how these interactions capture the border politics of everyday ‘banal’ objects. We do this by looking ...
TL;DR: Using insights from anthropological works on bureaucratic texts, this paper developed methodological tools to study interviews and participant observations in their study. But they did not consider the role of human participants in their analysis.
Abstract: Practice theorists favor interviews and participant observations in their study. Using insights from anthropological works on bureaucratic texts, in this article we develop methodological tools to ...
TL;DR: Ontological security scholarship in International Relations (IR) has predominantly focused on the importance of social environments for the healthy sense of self as mentioned in this paper, however, material environments can be problematic.
Abstract: Ontological security scholarship in International Relations (IR) has predominantly focused on the importance of social environments for the healthy sense of self. However, material environments can...
TL;DR: The use of humour in conveying one's message in diplomacy increasingly relies on tweets as mentioned in this paper, which encourages the use of humor for conveying the message of a message in tweets.
Abstract: Today diplomacy increasingly relies on tweets. Yet, as tweets only allow for 280 characters, statements must be brief and impactful, which encourages the use of humour in conveying one’s message. T...
TL;DR: In this article, important sources of everyday security are commonly associated with rural spaces and attributed to the lack of presence of traditional, informal, traditional or autochthonous sources.
Abstract: Important sources of everyday security – variously labelled as customary, informal, traditional or autochthonous – are commonly associated with rural spaces and attributed to the lack of presence o...
TL;DR: International relations scholars and practitioners commonly agree that relationships in world politics are managed impersonally. Personal connections between agents of states are perceived as havin' personal connections as discussed by the authors. But they are not always impersonal.
Abstract: International Relations scholars and practitioners commonly agree that relationships in world politics are managed impersonally. Personal connections between agents of states are perceived as havin...
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between cultural heritage politics and international status-seeking is explored, and a two-fold typology of status seeking is proposed to explain why states engage in cultu...
Abstract: This article explores the relationship between cultural heritage politics and international status-seeking. We advance a two-fold typology of status-seeking that explains why states engage in cultu...
TL;DR: The authors argued that on balance globalization does not increase, and may even reduce, the opportunity cost of Militarized Interstate Disputes (MIDs), as measured by foregone merchandise trade.
Abstract: This article argues that on balance globalization does not increase, and may even reduce, the opportunity cost of Militarized Interstate Disputes (MIDs), as measured by foregone merchandise trade. ...
TL;DR: Although there is growing recognition that women's participation is critical for the durability of peaceful conflict transition, grounded research examining the political scale of women's participa... as mentioned in this paper, there is no evidence that women participate in political transition.
Abstract: Although there is growing recognition that women’s participation is critical for the durability of peaceful conflict transition, grounded research examining the political scale of women’s participa...
TL;DR: The literature on political violence emphasizes two main ways that militant organizations ‘win’: eliminating the adversary outright or coercing the adversary into making concessions as discussed by the authors, while most do not.
Abstract: The literature on political violence emphasizes two main ways that militant organizations ‘win’: eliminating the adversary outright or coercing the adversary into making concessions. While most do ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the complexity of contemporary peacekeeping limits the availability of traditional accountability mechanisms and develop a conceptual model to demonstrate how, instead, different accountability forms interact and complement each other.
Abstract: International organizations (IOs) usually cooperate with national actors in order to implement global decisions and policies. This cooperation has become problematic as implementing partners have increasingly been accused of serious human rights violations. This article analyzes how implementing partners from the host state of a United Nations (UN) peace operation are held accountable. I argue that the complexity of contemporary peacekeeping limits the availability of traditional accountability mechanisms. I develop a conceptual model to demonstrate how, instead, different accountability forms interact and complement each other. I illustrate this interplay of accountability with a case study on the emergence of the UN Human Rights Due Diligence Policy (HRDDP). The accountability framework enacted by the Joint Human Rights Unit, the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council and the International Criminal Court in the context of the UN peace operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo threatened the legitimacy of UN peacekeeping. As a consequence, the UN adopted the HRDDP as a new, UN-based accountability mechanism to hold implementing partners from the host state of peace operations accountable.
TL;DR: The European Union has seen the rise of informal groups of states as an increasingly important governance mechanism within its formal structures as mentioned in this paper, and such groups can make decision-making processes more efficient.
Abstract: The European Union has seen the rise of informal groups of states as an increasingly important governance mechanism within its formal structures. Such groups can make decision-making processes more...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply insights from the principal-agent model to argue that decision-making about defence procurement is inherently vulnerable to vulnerabilities in civil-military relations in defence procurement.
Abstract: This article studies civil–military relations in defence procurement. Applying insights from the principal–agent model, we argue that decision-making about defence procurement is inherently vulnera...