Etnik-milliyetçi çatışma ve uluslararası ilişkiler Kosova sorunu örneği

The end of the Cold War was followed by an increase in the influence of ethno-national conflicts in the world politics. International Relations theories havecontributed to the study of inter-state war. The question raised in this dissertationis whether the same logic can be used to study ethno-national conflict. Toanswer the question this dissertation evaluates the contribution of traditionalInternational Relations theories, post-Cold War approaches and Constructivismto our understanding of ethno-national conflict. It points to their strengths andweaknesses in explaining this conflict. The Kosovo/a conflict is used as a casestudy to illustrate to what extent different International Relations approaches helpus to understand it.This dissertation asserts that traditional theories and post-Cold War approacheshelp us to examine the context that would encourage conflict. Pointing to thelimits of these approaches, this dissertation emphasizes the contribution ofConstructivist approaches, which assist us to understand the constructive andrelational processes which make the conflict and shape the participants. At thesame time, this dissertation shows awareness of Constructivism weaknesses.