This study focuses on the changing security perceptions since the end of the Cold War and the related role of the Dutch armed forces in this process. Because the defence organization is a frequently used policy instrument ...

This master thesis commences with the general observation that the safety of humanitarian and development aid workers is not something given in Somalia. Aid workers have been attacked, kidnapped and killed, sometimes ...

Armenia has a complicated history and a present. Important factors are the Armenian genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire (1915-17), the occupation and collapse of the Soviet Union, and the (armed) conflict with Azerbaijan ...

In the summer of 2008 violence flared up again in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The media and political attention for the problems in the DRC were at an all-time high. There were two global ...

Since the turmoil in the Arab world started almost four years ago, the number of migrants from countries like Libya and Syria has increased rapidly. Amongst this group of migrants are also former fighters who have committed ...

Remittances have been subject to many research from the twentieth century up till now. Particularly in the case of Somalia (or rather the Somalis), billions of dollars go around the world (DFID 2008). Remittances are not ...

This thesis is a study into the conceptual development of risk of foreign military interventions and subsequently into the development of a risk analysis framework for foreign military intervention that is sensitive to ...

The territory of modern-day Kosovo has been for centuries the theatre of violent conflicts between Serbs and Albanians (Judah, 2008). Yet, the ‘apples of discord’ are not Kosovo’s natural resources or strategic ...

The aim of this thesis is to explain, based on academic theories, the nation building process in and disintegration of socialist Yugoslavia. I will analyze both these processes through the constructivist theory on ...

This thesis analyses the processes of securitization that led to the European Union’s decision to establish Operation Atalanta as an anti-piracy measure, and the affects of this mission on the European strategic culture. ...