Journal of Conflict Transformation & Security RESEARCH ARTICLE JCTS Volume 7, Number 1, 2019 Perspectives from the field: Self-defence groups as a force for community resilience* Martha Angélica Galicia Osorio * I would like to thank Sara Cobb and Lisa McLean for their support in the construction of this article. Download the Article…
Journal of Conflict Transformation & Security RESEARCH ARTICLE JCTS Volume 7, Number 1, 2019 “The country chooses you”: Discourses of mobility and immobility among Iraqi refugees Ken Crane* * La Sierra University, California Download the Article in PDF… ABSTRACT “The country chooses you, you don’t choose the country”. This aphorism implies that…
The 12th issue of JCTS (Journal of Conflict Transformation & Security) is out now… Vol. 7 | No. 1 | 2019 | Click here to Download the Entire Issue TABLE OF CONTENTS Research Articles “ The country chooses you”: Discourses of mobility and immobility among Iraqi refugees By Ken Crane Perspectives from the field: Self-defence…
Since the Vietnam War, officials of the United States have increasingly abused the essential democratic safeguards of accountability and an informed citizenry in apparent attempts to protect themselves from being held accountable for their actions. They use secrecy and disinformation to prevent the American people from obtaining the information they need to evaluate their government’s…
Deng Xiaoping’s motto “keep cool-headed to observe, be composed to make reactions, stand firmly, hide our capabilities and bide our time, never try to take the lead, and be able to accomplish something”, seems to have been set aside by the President Xi Jinping, perhaps, the most powerful Chinese leader after Mao Zedong. China’s multibillion-dollar…
According to a team of researchers from Penn State University, there are rare-earth elements to be found in coal seams. This has been known for awhile but extracting them was seen as too costly to warrant the investment. But ion exchange, a chemical process, could change all that making rare-earth element extraction from coal both…
Large bombings, only days apart, in Bogota and Derry/Londonderry have put paid to any notions of a simple peace process in either country. These events show that the two very different conflicts display many of the same dynamics. Both countries have seen increasingly fragmented peace processes, with multiple non-state actors and intransient splinter groups vying…
Since the Vietnam War, officials of the United States have increasingly abused the essential democratic safeguards of accountability and an informed citizenry in apparent attempts to protect themselves from being held accountable for their actions. They use secrecy and disinformation to prevent the American people from obtaining the information they need to evaluate their government’s…
Vol. V | No. I – January-February-March 2019 To Download the Magazine Click Here… CONTENTS 05-06…..World News by Furkan Sahin 09-14…..The Ideological Potential of Climate Change: (Post) Politics in the Age of Global Warming by Miguel Angel Zhan Dai 15-18…..Yemen Civil War: A Conflict That Has Never Ended by Dr. I. Aytac Kadioglu 21-25…..NATO: The Shifting Sands of an Alliance by…
CESRAN International is pleased to announce that it has been named again amongst the world’s best think tanks. The 2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index ranked CESRAN International 141st among the World’s “Top Think Tanks in Western Europe” 76th among the World’s “Top Environment Policy Think Tanks” 152nd among the World’s “Top Foreign Policy…
Vol. IV | No. V – October-November-December 2018 To Download the Magazine Click Here… CONTENTS 04-06…..World News by Furkan Sahin 08-20…..Terrorism in Syria and Beyond: An Interview with Prof. Alain Gabon by Dr. Rahman Dag 22-24…..Erdogan’s Best Shot is Still in the West by Dr. Murat Ulgul 26-30…..Raqqa vs Kobani – Terrorism vs Revolution by Dr. Rahman Dag 32-34…..Future of…
