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Hulsman, Malissa (2017)

Humanitarian Aid and Peace Prospects: are the Effects more Adverse in Proxy Civil Wars than in Non-Proxy Civil Wars? Case studies of Syria, Vietnam, and Afghanistan

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)

The relationship between humanitarian aid and peace prospects, and the differences between this in the case of a proxy civil war and a non-proxy civil war is that in a proxy civil war there is a greater need for a specific case approach because proxy civil wars are much more complicated. In a non-proxy civil war a peaceful situation has to been agreed on on the local level and humanitarian aid could contribute to peace prospects, in a proxy civil war humanitarian aid affects peace prospects to a lesser degree because of the multi-layered nature of this type of conflict where on all layers of the proxy civil war peace has to be agreed on. Moreover, aid providers, donors, and other (foreign) involved actors have more influence on a proxy civil war than in a non-proxy civil war and therefore humanitarian aid could adversely affect peace prospects.

Humanitarian aid

Peace prospects

Proxy civil war

Syria

Afghanistan

Vietnam

Author

Hulsman, Malissa

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

International Studies

Supervisors

Schonmann, Noa

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en