Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies: Recent submissions
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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF DIGIPLOMACY IN KENYA’S FOREIGN RELATIONS
(2019)This study explored the relatively modern field of e-diplomacy. also called e-diplomacy or digital diplomacy. Its primary objective was to assess the role of diplomacy in the foreign affairs of Kenya. The study was founded ... -
TECHNOLOGY AS A CHALLENGE IN THE COUNTER TERRORISM AGENDA IN KENYA
(2019)Even though Kenyan government’s counter terrorism efforts have worked to a great extent to foil planned attacks by terrorists in Nairobi and other parts of the country, the attacks have persisted and continue to claim many ... -
SECURING CIVILIANS THROUGH PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS IN AFRICA; A CASE OF THE AMISOM IN SOMALIA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2018)This study was set out to investigate the challenges of securing civilians through peace support operations in Africa with a focus on the AMISOM operation in Somalia. The study made use of the following assumptions that ... -
state of compliance with international and regional legal FRAMEWORKS FOR PROMOTION OF PEACE AND SECURITY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS; A CASE STUDY OF KENYA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2015)Women and girls suffer the greatest and disproportionately in conflict situations. While women and girls endure the same trauma as the rest of the population — bombings, famines, epidemics, mass executions, torture, arbitrary ... -
ROLE OF PEACE ORGANIZATIONS IN PEACE BUILDING; THE CONTRIBUTION OF NAIROBI PEACE INITIATIVE AFRICA IN KIBERA, KENYA; 2008-2015
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2017)This research project attempts to give a critique of the peace building process in Kibera following the 2008 Post Election violence. In particular, the research assesses NPI-Africa’s peace building project in Kibera ... -
Role of Media in Government Counterterrorism Strategy A Case Study of Kenya
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2017)This study aimed at examining media’s role in government counterterrorism strategy. The motivation for the study arises from the fact that governments all over the world are confronted with threat of terrorism and strive ... -
RESEARCH TITLE; REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE RELATIONS AMONG STATES; CASE STUDY OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2014)This research paper evaluates the possibility of the East African states uniting to form a single federated state. The paper commences with a historical approach tracing the origin of the East African community. After ... -
REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD; CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY (EAC)
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2015)This work looks at regional integration in a globalizing world, the challenges and prospects of the East African Community. The objectives of this research project is to analyze the historical evolvement of the EAC since ... -
POST-CONFLICT CHALLENGES IN SOUTH SUDAN; ISSUES AND PROSPECTS
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2012)Peace agreement can be perceived as an integral part of conflict resolution. It is difficult to explain and describe conflict resolution without analyzing some forms of agreement that have been reached between the conflicting ... -
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND NATION BRANDING; A CASE STUDY OF KENYA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2015)Kenya had been a peaceful country and a tourist hub until August 1998 when the United States of America embassy was hit by terrorist killing about two hundred and fifty (250) people and the subsequent terror attacks on ... -
POST- CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION IN SOUTH SUDAN; A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT, JULY 2011 - JULY 2012
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2012)This study examines post-conflict reconstruction of South Sudan which gained its independence from the Government of Sudan on 9th July, 2011, as the outcome of a referendum as contained in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement(CPA) ... -
An Assessment of the impact of African Peer Review Mechanism as an Incentive for Improved Governance; A Case Study of Kenya, 2003-2009
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2011)In Africa, technical interventions of capacity strengthening and mechanistic building of governance institutions, including through the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) had failed to rapidly produce the desired effects. ... -
Police Preparedness for Counter-Terrorism in Kenya, 1995-2005
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2006)The objectives of this study were to assess the magnitude of threats posed by terrorism relative to traditional security problems, structure and inclination of Kenya security apparatus prior to the rise in the threat of ... -
Peacekeeping and Protection of Civilians in African Conflicts; A Case Study of MONUC in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 1999 to the Present
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2011)The recorded history of mankind is a relentless succession of violent conflicts. The reality of many civilians caught up in armed conflicts and other situations of violence, especially in Africa, is desperate; they need ... -
Peacebuilding in post-conflict Africa; A case study of South Sudan
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2011)This study looks at the peacebuilding process in South Sudan. The research discusses comprehensively the conflict in South Sudan and the various peacebuilding initiatives that have been put forth to sustain peace in South ... -
PEACEBUILDING AS A TOOL FOR PROMOTING IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN KENYA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2018)Among Kenya’s development challenges, none are more pressing than its social and economic travails. With these development challenges, Kenya has a growing higher education sector. The number of students in universities has ... -
Nationalism and Political Integration in East Africa, a comparative study of Kenya and Tanzania
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2017)African integration has been largely supported by governments since autonomy whereby they have held onto it as a critical segment of their improvement systems and closed countless Integration Agreements. The majority of ... -
MARITIME SECURITY AND RESOURCE EXPLOITATION; THE ROLE FOR INTER AGENCY COORDINATION
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2016)Kenya’s maritime zones are estimated at 230,000Km2 which is approximately 40 percent of the country’s total landmass. This area is referred to as the maritime domain and plays a vital role in Kenya’s economic development. ... -
MILITARY INTERVENTION CONFLICTS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA;CASE STUDY OF MT.ELEGON
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2013)Military interventions by both national and international (Third party intervention) forces in internal conflicts has been in existence for a long time. The practice has increased significantly following the end of the ... -
MANAGING DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OF EX¬ COMBATANTS IN AFRICA; A CASE STUDY OF BURUNDI
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2017)Managing Disarmament, Demobilization and Reinsertion of Ex-Combatants at the term of an armed conflict reveals itself to be an imperative step to a strong process in peace rebuilding of a society tom by an internal war. ...