This journal reveals interesting aspects of how space capabilities are perceived in China (and the US and Russia). The used categorisations illustrate that entrance, utilisation, and control are important features of a…
This chapter explores the implications of international law being applied to outer space. In brief, it sheds light on the difficulties that follow when states have to negotiate and reach an agreement on complex topics.…
At the outset, this article takes the US as an example of how and why achieving peace in the cyber realm is difficult. To be more specific, the dichotomy between the West and the rest is as important in the cyber realm…
This article investigates and outlines differences that arise in visualizations of peace depending on the conceptual understanding of peace employed. It offers data drawn from the Everyday Peace Indicators project, in…
This text offers an analysis of the status of peace in Northern Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 years following the signing of the Dayton Accords, the internationally-sponsored 1995 agreement that ended the…
This article examines the marginalization of peace research in the broader field of international relations and offers several explanations as to why two seemingly-interrelated fields possess such a convoluted…
This text offers a strong, introductory overview of how the primary schools of International Relations conceptualize “peace”. Among the prominent visualizations of peace are that of Realism, where peace simply refers…
This article provides a case study of the international peacebuilding community’s emphasis on “local ownership” and its implementation in Afghanistan. Despite this discourse centered on the importance of local…
This discussion paper was published by the Barcelona-based Institute for Integrated Transitions, a non-governmental organization that seeks to establish “brain trusts” of local community, business, and civil society…
This text traces the development of Peace Research from its origins with Johan Galtung and the Journal of Peace Research to its split from post-WWII International Relations. A key idea emphasized throughout the article…