by Sandro Wirth
The South China Sea (SCS) is a semi-enclosed region in the heart of South-East Asia, surrounded by China, and four members of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN), the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei. Since the 1970s, these countries have been in …
By Silvia Samorè
Fifteen years have now passed since 2005, when the definition of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) was agreed by the 191 states signing the World Forum Outcome document. The adoption of this decision was perceived by the international community as a progress, but …
By Anna Luisa Araujo Mendes
In 1995, the Dayton Agreement marked the end of the Bosnian conflict, defining parameters and structures for this newly independent state. However, the agreement was strongly criticized by several researchers for having the opposite effect, that is, instead of helping …
By Simon Terhaag
Often termed the “Middle East Conflict”, the continuing discord and lack of a viable peace plan continue to haunt both Israelis and Palestinians. Locked in a status quo that has seen little cause for optimism in years and perhaps decades, the ongoing …
By Henning Melber
It was the night of 17 to 18 September, 1961. A DC6 plane named ‘Albertina’ (officially: SE-BDY) was approaching Ndola, the mining town in Northern Rhodesia (today Zambia) bordering to the Congo. On board was Dag Hammarskjöld, the then Secretary-General of the …
