The transition from the Organization for African Unity (OAU) to the African Union (AU) was a consequence of the changing peace and security agenda of the Pan-African organization. The African leaders desired a continental peace and security architecture, which would be capable of preventing, managing …

Will the Netherlands be able to keep its sovereignty in the current episode of European security and defence policies? More and more cooperation takes place at the international level in a globalised world. The European institutions get more and more control over Member States policies. All nation-states …

The research question of this study is 'To what extent shows the response of the UN Security Council to the conflict in Darfur a shift from the norm of Westphalian sovereignty towards the norm of 'sovereignty as responsibility'? Three periods are analyzed: the initial reaction of the Security Council …

Vele Dutchbat III veteranen hebben angst voor het 'Srebrenica-spook', het plotseling opduiken van afschuwelijke herinneringen aan hun uitzending in voormalig Joegoslavië en de gevolgen daarvan. Ze zijn uitgezonden met weinig en slechte bewapening en met onduidelijke opdrachten en achteraf zijn zij door …