Peace and Conflicts Studies

W Europie mamy trzy rodzaje państw: państwa członkowskie Unii Europejskiej, państwa aspirujące do członkowstwa  w Unii Europejskiej oraz… Bośnię i Hercegowinę (BiH). Casus BiH jest na tyle specyficzny, że „zwykła” analiza przebiegu procesu akcesyjnego i problemów z nim związanych pokazywać będzie tylko część rzeczywistego porządku rzeczy w tej byłej jugosłowiańskiej republice. Proces akcesyjny bowiem przeplatany jest problemami natury fundamentalnej – postępującej erozji instytucji państwa, ale przede wszystkim, braku konsensusu Serbów, Chorwatów i muzułmanów bośniackich – Boszniaków,  w sprawie samego istnienia państwa. Celem pracy będzie zatem próba pokazania szeregu czynników stanowiących o specyfice państwa BiH - czynników wpływających na  jej obecny instytucjonalny iegzystencjalny kryzys, ipso facto, na przebieg procesu integracji z Unią Europejską.

"***Ms. Gbowee also compares the "Lockdown" after the Boston Bombing to her experiences in her country.***

From website:
Join us for the next installment of the Frank and Kula Kumpuris Distinguished Lecture Series featuring 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian peace activist, trained social worker and women’s rights advocate. Gbowee’s leadership of the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace – which brought together Christian and Muslim women in a nonviolent movement that played a pivotal role in ending Liberia’s civil war in 2003 – is chronicled in her memoir, “Mighty Be Our Powers,” and in the documentary, “Pray the Devil Back to Hell.” She is founder and president of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, head of the Liberia Reconciliation Initiative and co-founder and executive director of Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-A). She is also a founding member and former Liberian coordinator of Women in Peacebuilding Network/West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WIPNET/WANEP)."

Valorization and protection of cultural patrimony as a tool for socio-economic development. Community awareness: a way to protect the cultural heritage to be considered as shared patrimony. International stakeholders active in risk analysis and emergency initiatives: the experience of UNISDR, Blue Shield, ICRC, ICCROM and UNESCO. Risks factor to cultural heritage protection in emergency and conflict times: vandalism, illicit diggings, looting and illicit trafficking. Cultural relics inventory as a tool for fighting illicit trafficking: the experience of Carabinieri and INTERPOL. The activity of the Italian Civil Defense as a model to respond to emergencies that affect the cultural heritage.

The tightening interrelation of cultural property and international security—cultural security—creates a need for the collection and analysis of specialized intelligence. “Cultural intelligence” enables assessments of the tactical and strategic significance of antiquities, fine art, and cultural heritage sites to national and regional security. This paper defines a framework for the collection of cultural intelligence as a fundamental asset in countering threats to cultural security. Looting of antiquities as a tactic in campaigns of cultural cleansing, trafficking in antiquities as a source of funding for insurgents, and targeting of historic structures and religious monuments in political violence represent distinct threats to regional security. A critical initial step in countering the threats includes marshalling appropriate sources of information. Publications that report on the art market and cultural property globally and players in the antiquities trade offer opportunities as sources of cultural intelligence. Ultimately, the development of tactical and strategic cultural intelligence can reveal trafficking networks and assess risks to cultural heritage sites. As a starting point, this paper indentifies viable sources of cultural intelligence. Conflicts in Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003) provide examples in retrospect, while volatility in Mali presents an opportunity in the context of an emerging security risk. In conclusion, the paper speculates on the applications of cultural intelligence in regional security.

Abstract: Under what circumstances can the provision of social services, including that provided as humanitarian assistance, contribute to the management and transformation of civil wars? This dissertation addresses this question through a qualitative comparative analysis of social service provision during three civil wars-Northern Ireland (1969-1998), southern Sudan (1983-2005) and Tajikistan (1992-1997).