MEDITERRANEAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMATIC STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF MALTA MASTER OF DIPLOMACY RESEARCH PAPERS 2009 – 2010 FABIOLA DURO - Humanitarian Interventions in Collapsed States: Are they Ethically and Practically Justified? VIOLA KALOSHI - An Analytical Study of the United States’ and Soviet Union’s Decisions regarding the Future of Eastern Europe at the End of the Cold War. RUSTAM RUSTAMOV - Pre-emptive Self-Defence and Preventive Use of Force GUO TAOJIE - Contemporary U.S. Security Policy on China HEBA EL TAHAN - Facing the Challenge of Cyber Terrorism in the Mediterranean Region OSAMA HAMDY - The Implementation of the ICC’s Arrest Warrant against Omar al Bashir SOFIKO BALANCHIVADZE - The Nabucco Project: How will this Influence the Future of EU Energy Security? MIRA DASIC - Small States and EU Membership: A Comparative Analysis of Malta and Montenegro ELIBAHATI LOWASSA - Small Arms Proliferation in East Africa: The Case Study Tanzania AKRAM EL AATAR - Self-defence under the United Nations Charter: Possible Reforms of Article 51 MOHAMED AMINE BOUSSABAT - The 5+5 Dialogue: What Prospects? CELIL ERDOGAN - Ethnic Interest Groups and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Case of Armenian Americans. SUAD SOBOH - The Influence of the Economic Realignment on America’s Foreign Policy towards the Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process. Correspondence Address: Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta, Msida MSD 06 MALTA Tel: +356 23402821 /2820 /2819 /2817 Fax: +356 21483091 E-mail: simon.bajada@um.edu.mt