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Foreign Policy as a Public Good

Kishan Rana

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Kishan Rana

Foreign Policy as a Public Good

If Good Governance was defined for foreign policy, what would it constitute?   Should we consider our country’s foreign policy and the effective execution of that policy as a ‘public good’?   That seems novel at first sight. But reflection...

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Can you hear me? Taking mediation online: reflections from practice

Florence Mandelik and Ayat Mohamed

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Florence Mandelik and Ayat Mohamed

Can you hear me? Taking mediation online: reflections from practice

In mediation, where trust-building and confidentiality are vital, the current shift towards virtual and online interactions brings a set of new challenges for practitioners. The authors summarise early takeaways from online engagements with and between...

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Soft Power With Flavour

Tanja Strugar

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Tanja Strugar

Soft Power With Flavour

Many countries have utilized food as a soft-power instrument for boosting their public image. Over the past two decades, there has been an increasing amount of dialogue on the role of food in not only establishing relations between cultures and nations,...

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Fixing Digital Democracy? The Future of Data-driven Political Campaigning

Renata Avila

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Renata Avila

Fixing Digital Democracy? The Future of Data-driven Political Campaigning

Do we know enough to regulate the private vendors central to every stage of an election campaign? We need to if we are ever to preserve free and fair elections.   In the aftermath of the Brazilian victory of Jair Bolsonaro in 2018, the role of commercial...

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Understanding International Conflict

Qin Yaqing

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Qin Yaqing

Understanding International Conflict

Presentation by Professor Dr. Qin Yaqing, President of China Foreign Affairs University and Chancellor of the Diplomatic Academy, delivered at the International conference “Mediation, Conflict Prevention And Resolution In The Emerging Paradigm”,...

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International Strategy for Conflict Prevention and Resolution

Ivica Dačić

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Ivica Dačić

International Strategy for Conflict Prevention and Resolution

Address of the first deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Opening of Conflux Center’s International Conference: “Mediation, Conflict Prevention And Resolution In The Emerging Paradigm” Hotel “M”, Belgrade, 24th February,...

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Putting Post-Conflict Countries on Tourist Map

Gordana Plamenac

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Gordana Plamenac

Putting Post-Conflict Countries on Tourist Map

In spring 2014, while still holding the function of CEO of the National Tourism Organization of Serbia, I was invited to be a speaker at the panel “Beyond Economics: A New Message for Travel and Tourism” at the Global Summit of the World Travel and...

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America Never Stopped Being Great

Julian Harston

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Julian Harston

America Never Stopped Being Great

‘America never stopped being great’ was one of Hillary Clinton’s slogans in the United States Presidential Election campaign last year. An election campaign which had been one of the worst choices in a lifetime between a racist, aggressive, fundamentally...

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How is peace-building implemented most effectively?
    

Goran Topalović

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Goran Topalović

How is peace-building implemented most effectively?
    

Introduction Peace-building is defined by ex UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali as ‘action to identify and support structures which will tend to strengthen and solidify peace in order to avoid relapse into conflict’ (Barnett, 2007, p 35)....

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Tanja Strugar

Eastern Gastrodiplomatic Efforts: Asian Nations as Pioneers in the use of Cuisine in Cultural Diplomacy

A  culture is comprised of narratives that  perpetuate certain values and morals, and then  channels them through media such as visual art, music and theatre.  This transmission can also be conducted through food and foodways, carrying these  values...

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