This security study attempts to explain the dynamics of international Conflict management of an intrastate Conflict, through a combination of three theoretical frameworks. The Conflict in Syria is shown to be managed mainly through strategies using coercive diplomacy, and some main contributions within the research field relating to strategies of coercion are used for guidance, to important factors which could affect coercive international Conflict management, as well as to additional theories which could enhance the study?s explanatory power through a combined theoretical framework. The two added theoretical frameworks are Power Balancing and a Multidimensional concept of Power. With the aid of analytical tools derived from this combined framework the Conflict management is analysed within both a multilateral and unilateral setting, offering some explanation as to why international Conflict management (practiced by UNSC multilaterally and USA unilaterally) has shown so little progress in regard to the Conflict, as well as why one significant, though limited, result could be achieved regarding the destruction of the Syrian regime?s chemical weapons arsenal..

This essay examines how the Conflict in Libya in 2011 was reported by the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter and the American newspaper The New York Times. The purpose is to examine how the Conflict is portrayed and what similarities and differences that exist between the two newspapers. We have used a quantitative content analysis and critical discourse analysis to get our results. In conclusion, both newspapers polarize the Conflict to a large extent, resulting in a one-sided and biased account. However The New York Times is more objective and neutral in its portrayal of the Conflict..

The aim of this essay is to examine the background to the ongoing Conflict between Spain and Basque. The Conflicting parts and the opportunities of an agreement regarding a permanent cease-fire will also be examined. I chose to write about this Conflict due to the fact that it has been going on for a long time, and is still going on.In order to be able to conduct the survey of this essay I have studied a wide range of books, reports from different institutions, and articles. I have strived for objectivity and to retail a fair description of the situation.To get a better understanding of the Conflict the essay starts with history of Conflict which has its beginning in the fifteenth century. Further on the essay is going to examine the Conflicting parts that exist nowadays, and also the acting of different Basque political groups and the acting of the Spanish government.

This paper is an attempt to distinguish the specifics of the Conflict resolution process and the negotiations during trade Conflicts. First of all, this kind of Conflict almost always contains some kind of protectionism which doesn?t make sense economically. Imposing trade-barriers decrease the overall welfare of your own nation and the only winner is the protected sector. These policies can be introduced since the political pressure from threatened industries is usually much stronger than the pressure from the consumers who will bear the burden of protectionism.

In the Darfur region, located in the West of Sudan, there is a Conflict between rebel groups and the government-supported Janjaweed militia. The fighting?s, which started in 2003, has caused the loss of at least 200 000 human life and more than 2 million people have fled their homes. The Conflict has been described as a? prolonged Rwanda?.

Is there any truth in the saying ?no news is good news? or is there a reason to question whether media actually do reflect the world?s worst Conflicts proportionally? The communication technologies have seen major developments in recent years, and more and more people choose to read their news on the Internet. With smartphones and other devices, one could imagine that there would be easier to cover more Conflict areas than ever ? but is this what has happened?In this study we aimed to investigate how three chosen Swedish newspapers reflected five of the on-going Conflicts of 2012 and how this can be explained with the theories; the CNN effect and Stealth Conflicts. We started out with studies of the two theories.

The purpose of this study is to examine how four teachers in preschool describe their view of Conflicts between children from gender perspective. The theories associated with the study conclude that sex can be considered as being either biologically or socially engineered. The study consists of empirical material by the means of qualitative research based on interviews. The results of the study show different views on whether children's gender plays a role in a Conflict. Furthermore, I have chosen to find out whether gender plays a role in Conflict management as well as in the children's play at preschool, this to come to as qualitative conclusions as possible..

With the end of the Cold War the number of Conflicts where the United Nations have intervened has increased dramatically. This has entailed a need for a burden-sharing between the UN and regional organizations regarding management of Conflicts. The aim of this study is to make a comparative analysis of the effectiveness and the efficiency in the efforts undertaken by ECOWAS and the UN during the civil war in Sierra Leone, through using theories on Conflict resolution and the advantages of regional organizations in Conflict resolution.My conclusion is that both ECOWAS and the UN were quite successful in managing the Conflict and had an impact on the resolution of the war, although both peace operations suffered from internal problems. ECOWAS was effective in managing the Conflict and in its mediating efforts as an insider from the region. The UN was more efficient in managing to attain their goals.

This paper is a Master thesis for the Master?s program in International and European Relations in the Department of Management and Economics at Linköping University. As the title indicates, the aim of this thesis is to make a comparative analysis of the Conflict resolution initiatives that were employed in the Sierra Leonean and Liberian Conflicts. The research questions are: ? What were the root causes and trajectories of the Sierra Leonean and Liberian Conflicts? ? What were the Conflict resolution initiatives employed in resolving both Conflicts? ? Why did the Lome Peace Accord succeed in the case of Sierra Leone whilst the Abuja Peace Accord failed in bringing peace to Liberia? In order to answer the afore-mentioned questions and fulfil the aim of this paper, a qualitative research method has been chosen.

Through geopolitical theory this thesis explores how Conflicts within states can be read and understood according to an analytical model determining one or several possible causes for the Conflict.  The model is created by the author and reflects geopolitical theory by giving three possible explanations to an intrastate Conflict: culture, economy or territorial construction. The aim of the thesis is testing this model on two selectively chosen case studies ? i.e. two intrastate Conflicts ? namely: the upcoming referendum in Scotland and the terror attack at Tiananmen Square in China.

In the world after the Cold War, internal and ethnic Conflicts have been predominant. Ethnic Conflicts have their own theories on why they erupt and what can be done to solve them. This essay seeks to analyze how the Ethnic Security Dilemma can explain the causes, and possible solutions, of today´s armed ethnic Conflicts.By making an ideal types typology over different types of ethnic Conflicts, and then analyzing the Ethnic Security Dilemma´s impact on each Conflict type.

The aim of this paper is to examine if the two latest Peace Plans in the Palestine-Israeli con-flict observes the sources of the Conflict and presents measures in the purpose of solving them. The point of departure is William Azar?s theory of protracted social Conflict (PSC). According to Azar, the internal sources of a PSC lies in three clusters of variables: the com-munal content of a society, the deprivation of human needs as an underlying source of PSC, and the role of the state in the deprivation or satisfaction of human needs. The study is de-signed as a multiple-case study where the units of analysis are the Roadmap to Peace and the Geneva Initiative.

This case study has its starting point in an unpublished study where the results showed that there is a Conflict between the leadership and the employees in a private company. The Conflict is identified as a result of the company leadership is steering for cost savings and efficiency The aim of this study is through analysis of  the open questions in a quantitative survey describe how the staffs  attitudes and culture is affecting the leadership of the organization. The ideological aspect is very clear and through the aspect of the structural differences between the public and private sector makes it possible to identify the staff?s social rules, ideology and group norms.  These are shown to be in Conflict with the economical perspective of the private sector.

I denna uppsats gör vi en ansats till att förklara varför konflikten i Tjetjenien inte är löst. Genom att undersöka om konflikten i Tjetjenien är en Protracted Social Conflict, får vi fram de underliggande mekanismerna och komplexiteten som gör att konflikten kan fortgå. När dessa är tydliggjorda identifierar och senare kritiserar vi de traditionella fredsbyggandestrategierna, vilka inte är tillräckliga i en sådan komplex konflikt. Detta framförallt på grund av att de traditionella fredsbyggandestrategiernas mål snarare är att bygga en liberal markandsdemokrati snarare än fred. För att komma till en lösning krävs en uppmuntran till civilbefolkningen att utveckla forum som kan överbrygga splittringen mellan de olika identitetsgrupperna, detta är dock något som måste ske frivilligt och på folkets egna premisser..

We have chosen to focus our study on Conflicts and handling of Conflicts in a classroom environment. We are addressing problems such as the teachers? roll in a Conflict, the importance of solid leadership in the classroom, students? agency, defense mechanisms in coping with Conflicts and so on. In this paper there is a review of different perspectives on Conflict and of understanding why Conflicts occur the different reasons for the Conflicts. Our observation study took place in a grade three classroom, in a mid-sized town, during a regular school day.