Browsing Honours Theses by Author "Doucet, Marc G."

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Addressing the causes and consequences of conflict : the promise of peacebuilding actors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Little, Sara Renae (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been plagued with conflict as a result of an extensive history of political instability. As a result, many actors have attempted to respond to the conflict by engaging in ...
Analyzing international stabilization and Canada’s mission in Afghanistan

Jeffers, Liam F. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)

This essay analyses international stabilization missions as contemporary forms of crisis management in conflict and post-conflict environments. While maintaining some similarities and differences, ‘stabilization has emerged ...
Contemporary aerial material capabilities : the implications of drone use in multilateral peace operations

Buchanan, Liam T. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-04-28)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been used by nation-states for decades to conduct intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) in addition to lethal operations; however, they have recently entered the ...
The crisis of global governance : can international political legitimacy be maintained?

de Chastelain, Bryn M. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)

This essay explores the severity of the current crisis moment for global governance. This crisis is predicated upon decreased engagement of key western democracies coupled with the rising presence and tolerance of illiberal ...
Engaging with the ‘local turn’ in post-conflict states : a critical analysis of UN peacebuilding in Côte d’Ivoire and Libya

Nwaezeigwe, John-Paul Nduka (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

The ‘local turn’ in peacebuilding represents a reorientation of the process to better integrate local actors in order to promote and facilitate agency and national ownership. Institutional capacity building, promotion of ...
EU foreign policy and the security-development nexus

Hammond, Elinor Joyce (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

This essay contributes to the discussion of the security-development nexus through an investigation of securitization discourse and the ‘threat’ of state fragility in the foreign policy of the European Union (EU). It argues ...
The international criminal court : domesticating war in the absence of politics?

Gaul, Matt (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)

The International Criminal Court (ICC), one of the world’s most prominent judicial bodies, was created in a similar fashion as other international institutions, through diplomatic negotiation and collaboration. However, ...
Lawfare and torture at Guantanamo Bay : a comparison of the Bush and Obama administrations

Nicholas, Nechelle (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)

Guantanamo Bay is commonly referred to as a ‘legal black hole’ where the United States violated the international prohibitions of torture in the years following the 9/11 attacks. The Bush administration justified these ...
Victims, agents, or both? : a critique of the global humanitarian discourse on the subject of child soldiers

Qadhi, Rawan (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)

The phenomenon of child soldiers is one of the most pressing global humanitarian crises facing the world today. It concerns up to 250,000 children participating in several armed conflicts around the world. In the late 20th ...