The “war on drugs” campaign of Rodrigo Duterte and appropriate transitional justice to meet the investigation of the crimes Author: Jenny Brömel This is Jennilyn Olayres holding her partner Michael Siaron, 30. He was “a pedicab driver, who was shot dead and killed by unidentified riding in tandem suspects” (Lerma,
Why do states commemorate past wars? Argentina and the United Kingdom commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas War (1982) Author: Juan F. Dávila y Verdin, FRSA Translated into Spanish by Silvana Gordillo González The commemorations and remembrance of past wars in Occident have been part of the rituals carried
An analysis on the Narco-Trade and its influence on Taliban-occupied Afghanistan Author: Arkadeep Pal Translated into Spanish by Silvana Gordillo González Here’s an undisputed fact, – the 20-year USA-led NATO campaign in Afghanistan can be chalked up in the list of several monumental foreign policy catastrophes by the Western Bloc.
Historia política de Centroamérica: una lucha incesante Autor: José Alberto Umaña Salguero Los países centroamericanos se caracterizan por ser los que menos extensión territorial poseen en el continente americano, y a su vez, por haber recorrido un pasado colonial común. Belice, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Panamá
Peace and World History: A Historiographic Review Author: Ross Ryan Translated into Spanish by Silvana Gordillo González Works reviewed: Adolf, Antony. Peace: A World History. Hoboken: Polity Press, 2009. Cortright, David. Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Gregor, Thomas. A Natural History of Peace.
This research article will attempt to give a historical background and perspectives of both nation-states involved in the conflict; furthermore, the researcher will attempt to analyze the religious conflict between the two states, and their roles in conflict around the Persian Gulf, and finally, try to establish whether the conflict
An open letter to those who believe in just war against ISIS. Author: Alex Powell Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 12/08/2015 You might agree that it isn’t just to destroy the confused and so understand the notion of Jihad or Just War to be invalidated but
A fundamental question has dominated the study of terrorism and suicide attacks. After the September 11 attacks, scholars have primarily relied on themes from neoclassical economics to develop theoretical and empirical models of terrorism. Suicide attackers and terrorist were seen as optimizing agents. But this innovative approach failed to deliver
The elections in Iraq were widely hailed as a tentative success in an otherwise disastrous situation. But considering the history of foreign intervention in the Middle East when it comes to oil interests, perhaps this silver cloud has a dark lining.
The Misnomer Continues Author: Peter Krupa Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on 08/18/2005 It could have been a step in the right direction, but it turned out to be just an accidental head-fake. In late July, Rumsfeld and other Bush administration officials ditched the “Global War on Terror”