16th May 2008
   

Current Articles

Peace Papers is a quarterly journal focusing on international peace and conflict, history and book reviews. Current articles can be downloaded on PDF after registering on the site, which is free. Please feel free to comment on each article through the link at the bottom of each summary page.

Terrorism or Self-Determination? Britain, the IRA and the politics of criminalization

With the 1980 and 1981 hunger strikes it became increasingly clear that a criminalisation approach was ineffective in the face of the IRA's determination. Nevertheless, it was impossible for th...

Masters of Puppets: The Preparation of a People for Genocide

The past century saw some of the worst atrocities committed against humankind, by humankind. The growth of nationalism and the nation-state; the experience, twice in one century, of total war, and ...

The Conflict over Customary International Law and Human Rights Law: The Resolution of Process

Power or the real politick of international law can explain why the legality of actions is so needed if countries are going to relate to each other with out conflict. States do not act on altruisti...

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