Why states sometimes risk their material interests and even physical security to keep a
certain identity narrative going? Think of Israel's continued occupation of the West Bank …

How do emerging states obtain international recognition and secure membership of
international organisations in contemporary world politics? This book provides the first in …

This article explores the policies and activities undertaken by Kosovo as it seeks diplomatic
recognition under conditions of contested statehood and transitional international order …

This book examines the adverse impacts of liberal peacebuilding in conflict-affected
societies. It introduces 'peace figuration'as a new analytical framework for studying the …

This chapter reviews the diverse conceptualisations of peace in Peace Studies, with special
attention to the effort to understand 'positive peace'. It discusses the different perspectives of …

Over the past two decades, the European Union (EU) has provided assistance and is
unequivocally committed to the European perspective of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The …

Peace processes and international order are interdependent: while the latter provides the
normative framework for the former, peacemaking tools and their underlying ideology also …

'Peace in Political Unsettlement'is a result of the academic endeavour initiated by the
Political Settlements Research Programme (PSRP) at the University of Edinburgh Law …

The postwar condition–the period where war is over yet the socio-political ordering of any
given postwar entity remains contested and an unchallenged peace has still to be reached …

ABSTRACT Disagreements between European Union (EU) member states constrain the
Union's capacity to manage conflicts such as Kosovo-Serbia. While Kosovo has long …