Tsunami Diplomacy

Will the 26 December, 2004 Tsunami Bring Peace to the Affected Countries

Bibliographic Data

ID2642205
AuthorsI Kelman (0000-0002-4191-6969, Cambridge University Centre for Risk in the Built Environment, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume10
Issue1
Pages79-84
Publication date2005-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Research Online (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5153/sro.1063
OpenAlexW2043686736
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited9

Disaster diplomacy examines whether or not disasters induce international cooperation amongst enemy countries. The 26 December, 2004 tsunami around the Indian Ocean impacted more than a dozen countries, many with internal or external conflicts, thereby providing an opportunity to explore how the same event affects different countries in different disaster diplomacy contexts. Two groups of case studies are presented: those from which few disaster diplomacy outcomes are likely and those which warrant monitoring and investigation. Indonesian tsunami diplomacy is used as a case study for further discussion, in terms of both American-Indonesian relations and the conflict in Aceh. Further work is suggested in the tsunami's aftermath in order to understand better the disaster diplomacy outcomes which are feasible and why they rarely yield positive, lasting results

Adversary · Computer security · Development economics · Diplomacy · Economics · Indian ocean · Indonesian · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Engineering · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Maritime Security and History · Peacebuilding and International Security

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