MASTER OF DIPLOMACY Academic Year 2014 – 2015 Research Papers AHMED BAKAL What has been achieved so far within the framework of the Afro-Arab Joint Action Plan of 2010? HEDI LABIDI Security cooperation between Tunisia and the USA: the challenge to develop an efficient strategy in a rapidly changing context. SHEIKH ABDALLAH JAH What is the role and extent to which economic factors influenced civil wars in West Africa?: A Case Study of the Liberian/Sierra Leonean Civil Wars (1989-2003). MAREWAN NASSRADDIN ABID The emergence of Islamic State in Iraq. BENEDICT MSUYA The International Criminal Court’s Cooperation with Africa: Challenges to the Legal Framework of Tanzania. VAZHA GVARAMIA The Impact of "The Southern Gas Corridor Project" on EU's Energy Security. ALLA VOLSKA The Concept of Soft Power in the Russia-Ukraine Hybrid War 2014. LAYACHI AIDOUNI Security Cooperation between Algeria and the United States of America in the fight against Terrorism (2001-2014). MOHAMED ELABRAK Protracted Social Conflict: Darfur as a Case Study. RA’AD FAWWAZ EL FAWAIR The Impact of the Syrian Refugees Crisis on Jordan: EU-Jordanian cooperation 2011-2014. MAHDI JABR How viable is the one-state solution to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict? DAPHINE TEDDY NYANDURI The Protection of the Rights of Refugee Children in Malta: 2003 – 2013 IMED METHNANI Tunisia’s Security Response to the Libyan conflict: 2011 - 2014 DAREEN SAKR The European Union Strategy towards Irregular Migration and its Fluctuation: Case study of Egypt Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC), University of Malta, Msida, MSD 2080, MALTA Tel: +356 23402821 Fax: +356 21483091 E-mail: simon.bajada@um.edu.mt SAMAA ALI The Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool ELCHIN MAMMADOV Turkey’s Role in enhancing Energy Security in Europe TAREQ EIDEH The Impact of the Wall on Palestinians living in the West Bank. 2