Petra Roter

University of Ljubljana · Faculty of Social Sceinces - Chair of International Relations

Over the past decade, the social sciences have witnessed an upsurge of interest in explorations of memory as it relates to the consolidation of nations, formation of new states and post-conflict reconstruction. In this context, remembrance is a process based on asymmetric power relations: selected collective perceptions of the dominant community ar...

Over the past decade, the social sciences have witnessed an upsurge of interest in explorations of memory as it relates to the consolidation of nations, formation of new states and post-conflict reconstruction. In this context, remembrance is a process based on asymmetric power relations: selected collective perceptions of the dominant community ar...

The essay contributes to the scholarship on parliamentary diplomacy in the Mediterranean region through the lens of a small state: Slovenia. We argue that, because of limited resources, small states need to diversify their means of foreign policy to make their voices heard. Parliamentary diplomacy is a useful tool for representing Slovenian positio...

Cilj pričujočega članka je nasloviti relevantnost MacBridovega poročila za mednarodne odnose, in sicer v kontekstu dejavnikov, ki vplivajo na razvoj mednarodne skupnosti v smeri večje demokratičnosti. Na podlagi elementov strukture sodobne mednarodne skupnosti članek pokaže, da je kljub izjemnemu razvoju na znanstveno-tehnološkem področju, ki omogo...

This article seeks to analyse the relevance of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (Framework Convention) for minority children in the field of education. It does this with a comprehensive analysis of primary sources, namely opinions of the Framework Convention’s Advisory Committee, which monitors the treaty’s impleme...

This paper focuses on the involvement of the international community (international actors) in post-conflict reconstruction in the context of multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) operating in the issue-area of reconciliation, inter-communal bridge-building and confidence-building. In particular, the paper analyses the international-local linkages...

The purpose of this article is to analyse collaboration in the process of post-conflict reconstruction in Kosovo. Based on extensive empirical research, we focus on the parliamentarisation in Kosovo in the context of a multi-stakeholder partnership (MSP). We investigate the creation, operation and effects of co-operation within an MSP called the Ko...

It has become somewhat trivial to argue against the thesis that we are living in an age characterized by "the end of history" (Fukuyama, 1992). Now, roughly two decades since the Cold War ended and a new era dawned in international relations, we witness little in the way of a total and com- plete victory of democratic and capitalist forces and peac...

Introduction Human Rights as an International Normative Framework The Data and Organization Human Rights as a Social Network Conclusions Notes References

This groundbreaking study maps out and analyzes the development of a global intergovernmental (IGO) institutional architecture in the post World War II era. •Systematically traces similarities and differences between the institutional architecture of the Cold War and post-Cold War eras. •Examines the range of reasons why states join IGOs, identifie...

The area of Central Europe (CE) shares a history of nation building and largely also of state formation. During these processes, countries and societies in the broader Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) saw the formation of many traditional, territorial national minorities, but also minorityrelated conflicts. The creation of ethnic nations in general...

This chapter proposes an assessment of the main aspects of the Bolzano/Bozen Recommendations of the High Commissioner on National Minorities of the OSCE on "National Minorities in Inter-State Relations", issued on October 2, 2008. It also focuses on some proposals of improvement, related to, inter alia, the issue of using the term kin-state, the pr...

Noel Malcolm Kosovo: a short history New York University Press (1998), New York, ISBN 0814755984 $38.95 (hbk).

American secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld's characterisation in early 2003 of an 'Old Europe' and a 'New Europe', provides particular challenges when applied to the exploration of European security. The 'New Europe' is a very elusive concept. As far as the Iraq war is concerned, the 'New European' states have less in common than the US secretar...

The article challenges popular beliefs that seem to be prevailing especially in the wake of the Yugoslav crises, that minorities are problematic in the East, whereas there is no such "problem" in the West. In order to show that such beliefs appear to be out of touch with reality, the article traces - with the help of historical analysis - the origi...