Бокерия Светлана Александровна

Статьи автора

Mandates in the success of a peacekeeping missions: a case study of Liberia

Выпуск №7 от 27.08.2018

This article focuses primarily on the peacekeeping efforts in West Africa by sub-regional and international organizations such as Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations (UN). Particular emphasis was made on the peacekeeping activities of UN and ECOWAS in resolving the perennial Liberian conflict. The article analyzes the positions of researchers and scholars on the question of peacekeeping in Liberia with the aim of determining the significance of sub- regional peacekeeping missions during an armed conflicts in West African sub-region on one hand and the pivotal role of UN peacekeeping activities in Liberia on the other hand. Quite a lot of materials on the Liberian Civil War and the role played by ECOWAS in bringing the crisis to an end have been written. However, none of these works has critically examined the initial mandate of the ECOMOG mission in Liberia and why the mandate was later changed. Mandate is central to the success or otherwise of a peacekeeping mission. This research work will attempt to fill this missing gap in the existing literature on the Liberian crisis and ECOMOG intervention. The article is aimed at examining some Peacekeeping Missions in Africa and their Mandates particularly the ECOMOG Mandate in Liberia during the Liberian Civil War and to see how it led to the success or otherwise of the Mission. The mandate as an instrument has a dual nature, on the one hand, it’s considered to restore peace, maintain security, strengthen governance and the rule of law, but on the other hand, it has weaknesses, unclear, ambiguous or lacked peacekeeping potential.

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Hydropower development in Mekong River Basin

Выпуск №10 от 31.10.2019

Given a substantial importance of international river basins for providing almost 60% of global freshwater, accommodating around 42% of the world population, spanning 151 countries, producing roughly 54% of the global river discharge, development on international river basins is perceived as an important issue in bilateral or multilateral relationship of reparian states as developments by one reparian may affect the opportunities of developments by other ones. Hydropower development continues to be a “difficult-to-address” challenge for the regional cooperation and situation with the Mekong River and 6 riparian countries including China, Myanmar, Thailand, Lao DPR, Cambodia and Vietnam proves that. Focusing on the hydropower development problems in Mekong River Basin, regulation mechanisms for harmonization of using energy resources, analysis of confrontation between hydropower supporters and opposers, this research answers two significant questions: how hydropower influences on regional cooperation in the Mekong River Basin and why the reparian states can’t find compromise on using hydropower potential of the Mekong River. Politization of “water question” actualized problems not only regional but global security too. Only the establishment of an effective mechanism for managing the water resources of the Mekong River, which all reparian countries would support, could solve the complex hydropower development problems, but this is hampered by objective international contradictions between states, behind which national interests are hidden.

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African Union in addressing regional peace and conflict in Darfur [Роль Африканского Союза в разрешении проблем регионального мира и конфликта в Дарфуре]

Выпуск №1 от 26.02.2021

В статье основное внимание уделяется развитию АС как организации, сыгравшей огромную роль в урегулировании конфликта в Дарфуре. Рассматриваются генезис конфликта в Дарфуре и вклад государств-участниц АС, в частности, Нигерии, в его разрешение. Анализируются проблемы, с которыми сталкиваются государства в ходе миссий в Дарфуре. На основе проблемно-исторического подхода к анализу кризиса в Дарфуре и структурного анализа деятельности АС делается вывод о том, что благодаря разработке инструментов поддержания мира в Дарфуре Нигерия утвердилась в качестве важного актора в управлении международными конфликтами.

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SADCC as the First Step of Regional Integration in Southern Africa

Выпуск №1 от 06.03.2023

В статье представлена история создания организации Конференция по организации развития Юга Африки (САДКК), а также анализируются двусторонние отношения между САДКК/Сообществом развития Юга Африки (САДК) и РФ. Применяя ситуационно-структурный подход для анализа развития институционализированной региональной интеграции, авторы утверждают, что наибольший успех САДКК/САДК достигло не только в формировании региональной идентичности, но и в воспитании чувства общности судьбы у жителей стран-участниц.

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