In Syrië is er al ruim vijf jaar oorlog, tussen het leger van de president Assad, de Islamitische Staat (IS) en het verzet. Hierdoor vluchtten er in totaal 4,5 miljoen Syriërs naar buurlanden om hun veiligheid te kunnen waarborgen. Door het aantal Syrische vluchtelingen, raken de buurlanden overvol, …

Turkey's historical focus on the European Union dates back to the Ottoman period. In this era, numerous developments clearly illustrated Turkey's focus on the EU. These developments included among others the Tanzimat, literally 'reorganisation', which implies secularization of the judicial system, and …

This thesis aims to test the credibility of the Responsibility to Protect principle ("R2P") by looking at how the principle was applied in Libya and addressing the question of why R2P was not applied in Syria. The first part of the thesis is about the origins and definition of R2P. The second part compares …