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The majority of existing institutional mechanisms center on geographical, basin-related and natio... more The majority of existing institutional mechanisms center on geographical, basin-related and national political interests and needs. Few institutional mechanisms have emerged as model organizations that effectively advance resilient and equitable diplomatic commitment alongside more technically driven modalities of cooperation. Using the Four Frames of Cooperation Framework, this paper assesses three institutional mechanisms in transboundary water cooperation for their effectiveness in supporting transboundary water cooperation and transboundary water diplomacy toward positive peace processes. The results support the need for institutional mechanisms that govern transboundary water cooperation to promote resilient political as well as technical engagement to support water conflict prevention by advancing constructive transboundary water cooperation. Without advancing water diplomacy through institutional mechanisms that govern transboundary water cooperation, the resilience of the in...
Politikon: IAPSS Journal of Political Science, 2016
Her dissertation analyzed the social construction of US securitisation agendas across the twenty-... more Her dissertation analyzed the social construction of US securitisation agendas across the twenty-first century. She is currently working in Muscat, Oman as an English Lecturer at the Oman Medical College. She has been accepted as a PhD candidate at Monash University starting March 2016 where she will be specializing into the migration-security nexus and conflict-resolution in the Middle East. Her interests include security and development, migration, peacebuilding, conflict resolution, security studies, transnational studies, foreign intervention and the Middle East region.
Politikon: IAPSS Journal of Political Science
Dané Smith, 25, is the vice-chair of the Conflict and Security Studies Student Research Committee... more Dané Smith, 25, is the vice-chair of the Conflict and Security Studies Student Research Committee of the International Association for Political Science Students. She is busy completing her MA in Global Diplomacy through the University of London while working in Muscat, Oman as a trainer at the professional development institute, Ireland House. Dané research interests are varied amid foreign intervention, women's rights, civil war, identity politics and migration, but she primarily focuses on the security-development nexus and the role of education as a tool of development in post-conflict reconstruction.
This opinion piece discusses South Africa's controversial Information Protection Act and the impl... more This opinion piece discusses South Africa's controversial Information Protection Act and the implications it poses to the democratic freedoms of citizens.
This opinion piece discusses the malware targeted at Iran’s nuclear programme and some implicatio... more This opinion piece discusses the malware targeted at Iran’s nuclear programme and some implications of cyber intelligence for contemporary politics.
This paper discusses the problematic space that women's rights are positioned in with Malaysia's ... more This paper discusses the problematic space that women's rights are positioned in with Malaysia's different legal systems that govern such rights.
A critique of the security-development nexus as a conceptual framework for humanitarian intervent... more A critique of the security-development nexus as a conceptual framework for humanitarian intervention through an analysis of the foreign intervention in Mali 2012-2013.
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Analysing violence as a legitimate force toward durable social and political change.
a renowned economist and statesman spoke volumes in his simple phrase: "proliferation begets prol... more a renowned economist and statesman spoke volumes in his simple phrase: "proliferation begets proliferation." 1 Shultz's statement draws upon the neorealist theory within political science whereby states continually participate in an anarchical international system; participation which forces them to rely on selfdevelopment and growth for the purposes of sustaining protected sovereignty and national security. 2 As a mechanism for upholding nation state security, many critiques such as Mitchell Reiss argue that non-proliferation actions against nuclear energy and technology have little impact on limiting the build-up of nuclear weapons. 3 Nuclear power within contemporary society, however, has expanded from a military commodity to a significant source of peaceful energy, thereby inter-linking with various political frameworks and exerting influence over domestic as well as international political, economic and social spheres. 4 Extremely influential within contemporary society, nuclear energy cannot be situated within one framework, and must rather be considered and evaluated as a flexible resource which holds with it either beneficial or detrimental capabilities, depending on the manner in which it becomes interacted with.
Water
The majority of existing institutional mechanisms center on geographical, basin-related and natio... more The majority of existing institutional mechanisms center on geographical, basin-related and national political interests and needs. Few institutional mechanisms have emerged as model organizations that effectively advance resilient and equitable diplomatic commitment alongside more technically driven modalities of cooperation. Using the Four Frames of Cooperation Framework, this paper assesses three institutional mechanisms in transboundary water cooperation for their effectiveness in supporting transboundary water cooperation and transboundary water diplomacy toward positive peace processes. The results support the need for institutional mechanisms that govern transboundary water cooperation to promote resilient political as well as technical engagement to support water conflict prevention by advancing constructive transboundary water cooperation. Without advancing water diplomacy through institutional mechanisms that govern transboundary water cooperation, the resilience of the in...
Politikon: IAPSS Journal of Political Science, 2016
Her dissertation analyzed the social construction of US securitisation agendas across the twenty-... more Her dissertation analyzed the social construction of US securitisation agendas across the twenty-first century. She is currently working in Muscat, Oman as an English Lecturer at the Oman Medical College. She has been accepted as a PhD candidate at Monash University starting March 2016 where she will be specializing into the migration-security nexus and conflict-resolution in the Middle East. Her interests include security and development, migration, peacebuilding, conflict resolution, security studies, transnational studies, foreign intervention and the Middle East region.
Politikon: IAPSS Journal of Political Science
Dané Smith, 25, is the vice-chair of the Conflict and Security Studies Student Research Committee... more Dané Smith, 25, is the vice-chair of the Conflict and Security Studies Student Research Committee of the International Association for Political Science Students. She is busy completing her MA in Global Diplomacy through the University of London while working in Muscat, Oman as a trainer at the professional development institute, Ireland House. Dané research interests are varied amid foreign intervention, women's rights, civil war, identity politics and migration, but she primarily focuses on the security-development nexus and the role of education as a tool of development in post-conflict reconstruction.
This opinion piece discusses South Africa's controversial Information Protection Act and the impl... more This opinion piece discusses South Africa's controversial Information Protection Act and the implications it poses to the democratic freedoms of citizens.
This opinion piece discusses the malware targeted at Iran’s nuclear programme and some implicatio... more This opinion piece discusses the malware targeted at Iran’s nuclear programme and some implications of cyber intelligence for contemporary politics.
This paper discusses the problematic space that women's rights are positioned in with Malaysia's ... more This paper discusses the problematic space that women's rights are positioned in with Malaysia's different legal systems that govern such rights.
A critique of the security-development nexus as a conceptual framework for humanitarian intervent... more A critique of the security-development nexus as a conceptual framework for humanitarian intervention through an analysis of the foreign intervention in Mali 2012-2013.
Analysing violence as a legitimate force toward durable social and political change.
a renowned economist and statesman spoke volumes in his simple phrase: "proliferation begets prol... more a renowned economist and statesman spoke volumes in his simple phrase: "proliferation begets proliferation." 1 Shultz's statement draws upon the neorealist theory within political science whereby states continually participate in an anarchical international system; participation which forces them to rely on selfdevelopment and growth for the purposes of sustaining protected sovereignty and national security. 2 As a mechanism for upholding nation state security, many critiques such as Mitchell Reiss argue that non-proliferation actions against nuclear energy and technology have little impact on limiting the build-up of nuclear weapons. 3 Nuclear power within contemporary society, however, has expanded from a military commodity to a significant source of peaceful energy, thereby inter-linking with various political frameworks and exerting influence over domestic as well as international political, economic and social spheres. 4 Extremely influential within contemporary society, nuclear energy cannot be situated within one framework, and must rather be considered and evaluated as a flexible resource which holds with it either beneficial or detrimental capabilities, depending on the manner in which it becomes interacted with.