Hostage diplomacy and illiberal states: analysing the factors driving hostage diplomacy in illiberal states

• Main Author: Law, Marcus Wai Kiat
• Other Authors: Dylan Loh Ming Hui
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169190
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

As hostage diplomacy poses a direct violation of international law and norms, it seems improbable for it to gain traction as an acceptable form of diplomatic activity. However, it has had an ostensible recent resurgence, leading to an increased number of accusations from western nations, and the int...