Michael Salla
Biographic Data
| ID | 4373006 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Salla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Salla |
| SIGNATURE | SALLA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Antarctica's Hidden History
Integral Peace & Power
This paper analyzes five “paradigms” used for conceptualizing and operationalizing peace in terms of a “practicality test” that represents a set of assumptions concerning the exercise of power. It is argued that theories belonging to three of the five paradigms do not pass the practicality test in a way that leads to them being effectively marginalized from the mainstream of academic study and institutional activity. Adopting a Foucauldian perspe…
Traveling the full circle
Political Islam and the West
(1997). Political Islam and the West: A new Cold War or convergence? Third World Quarterly: Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 729-742
Creating the `Ripe Moment' in the East Timor Conflict
Analyzing the East Timor conflict by way of applying William Zartman's notion of `ripeness' and John Burton's `basic human needs' not only proves indispensable for pointing out the personalities, forces and dynamics that might contribute to a negotiated outcome of the East Timor conflict, but also to how these notions might be applied to intractable conflicts more generally. This paper argues that a means of breaking out of the present impasse in…
Reflections on peace and nonviolence
(1996). Reflections on Peace and Nonviolence. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 183-184
Peace enforcement vs non‐violent intervention
Although the term “peace enforcement” is a 20th century innovation, its origins date from at least Ancient Greece. Peace enforcement constitutes a logical corollary of the concept of collective security, where states agree to share responsibility for restraining nations that practice military aggression against members of the system, and thus threaten regional or international “peace and security.” In other words, collective security operates no …
East Timor's nonviolent resistance
When people think of East Timor they usually have images of a former Portuguese backwater that glimpsed self‐determination from a brief decolonization program before plunging into a full scale civil war in August 1975. The victory of Fretilin—a coalition of political interests ranging from ‘Christian democrats’ to Maoist revolutionaries, caused the other major party—the Democratic Union of East Timor (UDT), to flee both abroad and across the bord…
Australian foreign policy and East Timor
(1995). Australian foreign policy and East Timor. Australian Journal of International Affairs: Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 207-222
Kosovo, Non-Violence and the Break-Up of Yugoslavia
Dedicated minorities
Although an extensive literature examines Martin Luther King's political philosophy and his theories of nonviolence, the role he ascribed to “dedicated minorities” has been ignored. Yet the concept of dedicated minorities played a critical role in King's political philosophy as a mechanism for practicing nonviolence and for promoting his social vision of the “Beloved Community.” His views on dedicated minorities also link him to Mohandas Gandhi's…
The efficacy of nonviolence in international relations
This article critiques the view posited by Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Helder Camara and Danilo Dolci that nonviolence is a principle that can be successfully applied in international relations. The critique aims to analyse their arguments proposing the efficacy of nonviolence, determine which of these have theoretical rigour and validity, and comment on the implications for the study of international relations. In order to conduct the cr…
Kosovo, Non-Violence and the Break-Up of Yugoslavia
Creating the `Ripe Moment' in the East Timor Conflict
Analyzing the East Timor conflict by way of applying William Zartman's notion of `ripeness' and John Burton's `basic human needs' not only proves indispensable for pointing out the personalities, forces and dynamics that might contribute to a negotiated outcome of the East Timor conflict, but also to how these notions might be applied to intractable conflicts more generally. This paper argues that a means of breaking out of the present impasse in…
Political Islam and the West
(1997). Political Islam and the West: A new Cold War or convergence? Third World Quarterly: Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 729-742
Traveling the full circle
East Timor's nonviolent resistance
When people think of East Timor they usually have images of a former Portuguese backwater that glimpsed self‐determination from a brief decolonization program before plunging into a full scale civil war in August 1975. The victory of Fretilin—a coalition of political interests ranging from ‘Christian democrats’ to Maoist revolutionaries, caused the other major party—the Democratic Union of East Timor (UDT), to flee both abroad and across the bord…
Australian foreign policy and East Timor
(1995). Australian foreign policy and East Timor. Australian Journal of International Affairs: Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 207-222
The efficacy of nonviolence in international relations
This article critiques the view posited by Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Helder Camara and Danilo Dolci that nonviolence is a principle that can be successfully applied in international relations. The critique aims to analyse their arguments proposing the efficacy of nonviolence, determine which of these have theoretical rigour and validity, and comment on the implications for the study of international relations. In order to conduct the cr…
Dedicated minorities
Although an extensive literature examines Martin Luther King's political philosophy and his theories of nonviolence, the role he ascribed to “dedicated minorities” has been ignored. Yet the concept of dedicated minorities played a critical role in King's political philosophy as a mechanism for practicing nonviolence and for promoting his social vision of the “Beloved Community.” His views on dedicated minorities also link him to Mohandas Gandhi's…
East Timor's nonviolent resistance
When people think of East Timor they usually have images of a former Portuguese backwater that glimpsed self‐determination from a brief decolonization program before plunging into a full scale civil war in August 1975. The victory of Fretilin—a coalition of political interests ranging from ‘Christian democrats’ to Maoist revolutionaries, caused the other major party—the Democratic Union of East Timor (UDT), to flee both abroad and across the bord…
Australian foreign policy and East Timor
(1995). Australian foreign policy and East Timor. Australian Journal of International Affairs: Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 207-222
Kosovo, Non-Violence and the Break-Up of Yugoslavia
Reflections on peace and nonviolence
(1996). Reflections on Peace and Nonviolence. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 183-184
Peace enforcement vs non‐violent intervention
Although the term “peace enforcement” is a 20th century innovation, its origins date from at least Ancient Greece. Peace enforcement constitutes a logical corollary of the concept of collective security, where states agree to share responsibility for restraining nations that practice military aggression against members of the system, and thus threaten regional or international “peace and security.” In other words, collective security operates no …
Political Islam and the West
(1997). Political Islam and the West: A new Cold War or convergence? Third World Quarterly: Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 729-742
Creating the `Ripe Moment' in the East Timor Conflict
Analyzing the East Timor conflict by way of applying William Zartman's notion of `ripeness' and John Burton's `basic human needs' not only proves indispensable for pointing out the personalities, forces and dynamics that might contribute to a negotiated outcome of the East Timor conflict, but also to how these notions might be applied to intractable conflicts more generally. This paper argues that a means of breaking out of the present impasse in…
Integral Peace & Power
This paper analyzes five “paradigms” used for conceptualizing and operationalizing peace in terms of a “practicality test” that represents a set of assumptions concerning the exercise of power. It is argued that theories belonging to three of the five paradigms do not pass the practicality test in a way that leads to them being effectively marginalized from the mainstream of academic study and institutional activity. Adopting a Foucauldian perspe…
Traveling the full circle
Antarctica's Hidden History
Political science (11 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (5 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)