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Volume Nine
Summer 2013
ISSN 2047-7651
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Contents
The Arab Jews and the Refugee Question: Are the 20th Century Jewish exiles from Iraq and
Egypt refugees and if so what outstanding rights are they still due?
By Natanel Abramov.…………………………………………………………………...……1
Abandoning Nuclear Power: A Social Constructivist Analysis of Germany’s Response to
Fukushima
By Daniel Blackmore…………………………………………………………………...……44
Is resettlement in a Western country the most viable solution for Protracted Refugee
Situations?
By Christine Bonney….…………………………………………………………………...…88
Humanitarian Intervention: A Novel Constructivist Analysis of Norms and Behaviour
By Steven Dixon……………………………………………………………………………126
Maternal Mortality: Gender and Access to Health Services – The Case of Ghana
By Malin Hagman………………………………………………………………….……… 173
Obama’s Adoption of the Responsibility to Protect: A Constructivist Analysis
By Samuel Andrew John Jarvis……………………………………………….……………212
Are British political Parties converging at the “Centre Ground”?
By Madelaine Lee………………………………………………………………......……....250
Understanding American Christian Zionism: Case Studies of Christians United for Israel and
Christian Friends of Israeli Communities
By Samuel Mohr……………………………………………………………......….….……287
Is Lebanon’s confessional system sustainable?
By Sally Nelson………………………………………….…………………….……………332
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A discussion of the selection of Gordon Brown as Labour leader and the impact of the
leadership selection process
By Charlotte Taffel………………………………...………………………………………..388
The Politics of ‘Water Scarcity’ in the Nile Basin: the Case of Egypt
By Laura Parkes…………………………………………………………………………….433
Locating the Power of the Settler Movement
By James Neidle………………………………...…………………………………………..481
Good Governance in the Post-Soviet South: Testing Theories of the Resource Curse in
Azerbaijan
By Dayne Lukas Shaw………………………………...……………………………………520
Agenda-setting through the backdoor? The Commission’s use of its power to withdraw
By Joseph Gardner………………………………...………………………………………..562
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