Many factors play positively and negatively in international relations. International civil servants are among the most important. They are appointed to work in an international organization (regional or global) to…
…due to the uniqueness of the region and to the violent conflicts it has witnessed for the last decades. These conflicts become intrastate but transitional, hence transfer into internationalized civil…
Understanding the initiation of conflict is fundamental for the success of efforts in conflict prevention. The validity of the mechanisms of the “Greed and Grievance” model, alongside leadership and external…
In this paper, we analyse the tensions between the promotion of human rights for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and the security of the country against the risk of civil…
…of three associations created and imagined in the late 18th and early 19th centuries: the Sociedade dos Mancebos Patriotas of Coimbra (1780); the Montepio Literário (1813); and the Sociedade Patriótica…
…destaca as invasões francesas e o consequente refúgio da corte portuguesa para o Brasil, bem como a guerra civil liberal subsequente. Nesta atmosfera cambiante, a dimensão do estrangeiro tornou-se, para…
…greatly improved understanding of collaboration between public and private security forces, which, until then, mostly ha0s been seen through the civil-military paradigm. Through the expansion of scenarios where private security…
Compreender o desfasamento originado pela atividade civil-militar e seus efeitos na estratégia é um contributo essencial para a prática da estratégia. Partindo da análise de casos de valor intrínseco para…
…of the revolution and the civil war mixed with the tenets of Bolshevik ideology left its imprint not only on Stalin’s mentality as a primary trigger of Soviet “cyclical violence,”…
…national economic development plans, a year-long civil war, two suspensions of the constitution, and at least four successful coups d’état (and numerous failed attempts). Today, GB remains one of the…