An analysis of the adoption of the responsibility to protect by Russia and China during the 2005 World Summit

This research revolves around a puzzle concerning the decision of the Turkish Government to carry out a series of military attacks against the Syrian Kurds during the period of 2015-2017. This hostile policy appears to ...

In response to the European debt crisis, EU countries, excluding Great Britain and the Czech Republic, agreed in December 2011 on the so-­‐called Fiscal Pact. This agreement entailed that all the Eurozone member states ...

Before getting into the UN’s obsession with elections I would like to thank several people who helped and supported me while writing this thesis. First of all, my supervisor Prof. Dr. Anna van der Vleuten, who helped me a ...

This research, written as part of Amnesty International The Netherland’s ‘Strategic Studies Project’, is aimed at explaining why Brazil does not comply with international norms on indigenous peoples’ rights, although this ...

The policy realms of security and defence have long remained largely excluded from the process of European integration. However, after the publication of the EU Global Strategy in 2016, a fundamental change took place in ...

Despite a rapid increase in popular support for Catalonia’s independence, the pro-independence movement has struggled to gain more support since 2014. Even though the issue gathered more attention from the media and ...

This research is aimed at explaining why Brazil decided to expand its economic cooperation with other BRICS countries by forming the New Development Bank (NDB). From a liberal perspective, Brazil’s support is questionable ...

Explaining the non-binding nature of the norms in the United Nations Global Compact

Although media influence on foreign policy has gathered scientific interest since the late 80’s, the focus of scholars has stayed with defense and intervention policies. Little research has been conducted on foreign policy ...