It does the US no good to fake diplomacy on the world stage. It causes our enemies to say the president has a learning disability. Ivanka Trump playing secretary-of-state or first-lady without any credentials, and Donald Trump using the DMZ between North and South Korea to embrace a despot hurts our global standing, and thatContinue reading “Diplomatic Drop Out”
Category Archives: International Relations
Utilizing the Tools of Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction
Policymakers face increasing challenges when utilizing the tools of conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction. These devices are interconnected, however, since the end of the Cold War their connections have become critically important due to the overwhelming degree of intrastate conflict. This essay will explain conflict resolution and reconstruction as well as why conflict is notablyContinue reading “Utilizing the Tools of Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction”
To Subsidize, Systemize, and Sustain Conflict in the DRC
Wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo International involvement in the violent clashes the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has faced since the dwindling of the Cold-War can be summarized into three terms: subsidization, systemization, and sustainability of conflict. This essay will draw out in detail why the international ‘response’ to clashes in the DRCContinue reading “To Subsidize, Systemize, and Sustain Conflict in the DRC”
The African Union
Summary – African Union This summary will cover the broad mission details of the African Union with particular emphasis on conflict resolution and peacekeeping. It should be stated that before 2002, the African Union was an intergovernmental institution called the Organisation of African Unity. For clarity, both titles and organizations will be referred toContinue reading “The African Union”