Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: South and North Korea have been separated for more than fifty years, yet both countries still claim that they comprise one ethnic group. However, there are few explicit reasons that support why they should be considered as one ethnic group. Indeed, since two Koreas have different political and economic systems and there is no communication between each other, the ethnic group has become fractured. Language is particularly important in communication because it creates, maintains, and even disconnects most types of human relationships. From this perspective, it is doubtable that South and North Koreans would speak the same language after the fifty years of separation. What does this language difference mean in the relationship between the two Koreas? It means that the two Koreas are losing the final tie that connects the two groups of people. The two Koreas are now at the moment of becoming completely disconnected and becoming different ethnic groups. In confronting this situation, the communicative conflict resolutions can be the most effective way to reestablish a holistic relationship between the two Koreas. The communicative conflict resolution for the Korean conflict includes constructing more agendas to create more interpersonal and organizational interactions, exchanging popular culture by media, and integrating a common language policy. These communicative strategies of enhancing the relationship between the two Koreas focus more on the grassroots level of interactions, rather than the political and economic sectors.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: The rise of a global economy has given new pathways to old problems. Since the end of the cold war, conflicts have gone in search of new ways to fund their violence. This article examines one manner in which both rebel groups and the governments seek to obtain funding. It suggests that price fluctuations in conflict funding resources directly correspond to conflict intensity and the success of conflict management. A theoretical framework for the disintegration of funds from the marketplace to the battlefield is conducted, and the causal linkage between increased funding and increased intensity is explained. A logical explanation of how price fluctuations affect the likelihood of a conflict management attempt becoming successful is created. The purposed relationships are, a rise in resource price from outside markets results in an increase of conflict intensity within the conflicts funded by the same resource; and a rise in resource price from outside markets should result a decrease in the probability of successful conflict management. A systematic examination is undertaken between price, intensity and conflict management. Market prices for several resources are obtained, intensity measures created, and conflict management success variables coded. Ordinary least squares regression and logit cross-sectional time series statistical analysis are performed to empirically test the proposed relationships.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This paper compares Yugoslavia and Irak as cases of 'ethnic' and 'sectarian conflict'. It dismisses common ideas about the 'ancient hatreds' interpretation of both wars, and proposes an explanation for the persistance of 'ethinicist' conceptions.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Since the end of the Cold War the focus shifted from interstate conflicts to intrastate conflicts. Among such conflicts ethnic conflicts came to forefront. It did not take a very long time for researchers to realize that because ethnicity is a multi-dimen