International relations are heralding a new era with the expectation of a new world order. However, the international community is facing a crisis of perception. They are trying to apply the concepts of outdated perspectives, such as realism, idealism, and Marxism, to an international political reality that can no longer be understood in terms of these concepts. The emergence of non-state nations, which are threatening the existence of the state system, are not integrated into the international system by the perspectives. The problem is "perspective effect" - one uses perspectives to perceive, understand, judge, and manipulate, the world order. Any international political issue that does not match conditional perception, is ignored and distorted. The result is "perspective paralysis" - the perspectives are unable to adjust to changed circumstances in the world order. "Perspective paralysis" can be overcome if there is a "perspective shift" - perspectives employ alternative criteria for evaluating world order. / World order / New world order / M.A (International Politics)

International relations are heralding a new era with the expectation of a new world order. However, the international community is facing a crisis of perception. They are trying to apply the concepts of outdated perspectives, such as realism, idealism, and Marxism, to an international political reality that can no longer be understood in terms of these concepts. The emergence of non-state nations, which are threatening the existence of the state system, are not integrated into the international system by the perspectives. The problem is "perspective effect" - one uses perspectives to perceive, understand, judge, and manipulate, the world order. Any international political issue that does not match conditional perception, is ignored and distorted. The result is "perspective paralysis" - the perspectives are unable to adjust to changed circumstances in the world order. "Perspective paralysis" can be overcome if there is a "perspective shift" - perspectives employ alternative criteria for evaluating world order. / World order / New world order / M.A (International Politics)

This study is a Comparative Foreign Policy (CFP) analysis of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) foreign policy behavior from 1964 through 1981. This study develops and tests a role modification model that accounts for evolutionary changes in foreign policy behavior. One of the major premises of this research is that what often appears as dramatic restructuring in foreign policy is actually the culmination of a series of modifications that transpired over an extended period of time. The model relies on a total of six independent variables as determinants of PLO foreign policy output representing multiple levels of analysis. There are a total of 12 dependent variables expressed as either foreign policy tactical roles or strategic goals. Relying on content analysis of relevant PLO documents, the role modification model demonstrates that the foreign policy output of the PLO experienced a gradual, over time change in both the means and ends of its foreign policy. The model also identifies the conditions under which any one of the independent variables is able to exclusively determine foreign policy output and which roles one can reasonably expect the PLO to exercise under a given circumstance.

[pt] O ponto central das preocupações analíticas desta dissertação trata-se de observar variáveis na esfera doméstica de Israel capazes de restringirem suas decisões na arena externa, no âmbito das negociações de paz com a Organização para a Libertação da Palestina. Sendo assim, a avaliação da estrutura política desse país permite verificar que a fórmula de representação proporcional e o modo pelo qual interagem o Executivo e o Legislativo podem afetar questões nessa área. Ademais, o exame dos distintos posicionamentos dos governos de Ytzhak Rabin e Shimon Peres, e de Benjamin Netanyahu, no que concerne à segurança de Israel, revela a polarização entre os favoráveis a um Estado de Israel, seguindo as demarcações das fronteiras internacionalmente aceitas, como garantia à segurança e à democracia israelenses, e os defensores da extensão da soberania a regiões que correspondem à Terra de Israel (o histórico lar nacional judaico). Essa discussão reflete a polêmica sobre os territórios ocupados por aquele país em decorrência da Guerra dos Seis Dias em 1967 e, nesse sentido, vale considerar em que medida os diferentes padrões de comportamento desses governos, fundamentados em uma cultura política, delinearam as escolhas para a área externa e para a segurança de Israel. / [en] The focus of analysis in this dissertation is to observe those variables within Israel that can restrict the decisions on the external field, in the context of the peace negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization. In this light, the evaluation of the Israeli political structure indicates that proportional representation and the interaction between the executive and the legislative can affect its foreign policy. Besides, an examination of the different positions on Israel s security taken by the governments of Ytzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres and that of Benjamin Netanyahu reveals a polarization between those favorable to the State of Israel following the demarcations of internationally accepted frontiers as a guarantee of its security and democracy and the defenders of extending sovereignty over the places corresponding to the Land of Israel (the historical Jewish homeland). This discussion reflects the controversy about the territories occupied by that country as a result of the Six Day War in 1967 and, in this sense, it was also considered to what extent the different standards of behavior of those governments, founded on a certain political culture, underscored the choices on Israel s foreign policy and its security.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to evaluate the role of the United Nations Organization in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It describes the positions of both the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in the United Nations. The thesis furthermore assesses reactivity and objectiveness of UN in this conflict. There are no doubts that the conflict has always been in the centre of interest of the United Nations. However, the importance of UN is perceived to be decreasing since the 70's. This paper evaluates whether UN is still contributing to the resolution of the conflict and if yes, in what particular fields. In the first chapter I discuss the main conflict resolution instruments available to UN. The second chapter describes the origins and the course of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict throughout the 20th century leading to the current situation. The last three chapters present an analysis of three levels of UN activities in the conflict - political, security and humanitarian.