Anthony Seldon & Mike Finn (red.): The Coalition Effect 2010–2015
In: Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning: TfS = Norwegian journal of social research, Band 56, Heft 4, S. 503-506
ISSN: 1504-291X
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In: Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning: TfS = Norwegian journal of social research, Band 56, Heft 4, S. 503-506
ISSN: 1504-291X
In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 68, Heft 2, S. 275-286
ISSN: 0020-577X
Fragile or failed states are often caused by long lasting and violent conflicts - Liberia is one of them. Since the war ceased in 2003, the United Nations and its coalition of states have tried to rebuild the nation and maintain its peace. Nation building can be seen from two different angles: as a Weberian legal and rational order or as a process that highlights social and contextual factors. Within social sciences this process can be studied either by looking into what factors contribute to a successful nation building or how this process works in practice. The article focuses on the former, by listing and analyzing the involved UN institutions with an emphasis on the Peacebuilding Commission and Peacebuilding Fund. L. Pitkaniemi
In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 71, Heft 4, S. 533-560
ISSN: 0020-577X
It is well known that the US-Russian dialogue was 'reset' in 2009 under US President Obama and his Russian counterpart Medvedev although it is doubtful whether this symbolic commitment really created conditions for better, or closer, intergovernmental relations. In the following, I analyse how signs of renewed cooperation emitted by the respective political leaderships reflected on multilateral fora in which both the United States and Russia are represented, with a particular emphasis on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the UN Security Council. The overall impression is that US-Russian diplomatic collaboration in 2009-2011 remained limited and focused on fewer issues, but that both sides deliberately avoided 'disturbing' each other's priority interests. A specific observation from the OSCE is that Russia's diplomatic initiatives were better prepared than previously and in the future may carry greater weight, at least on the European mainland. Unlike the United States, which acts through the Security Council when it believes that it can forge a coalition to pursue a particular objective, in 2009-2011 Russia's UN diplomacy still remained defensive. Adapted from the source document.
In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 72, Heft 2, S. 199-223
ISSN: 0020-577X