Turning Back the Clock in Great Power Politics
The collapse of the USSR ushered in the unipolar moment of IR and meant that traditional approaches to understanding the world immediately became antiquated, or did it?
The Malian Tinderbox: Looking Beyond Bamako
The crisis in Mali, seems to be heading dramatically towards an eco-strategic-religious international power struggle in which the indigenous population may well become the first victim.
Pnom Penh: Strategic Implications
The strategic landscape in South East Asia is reordering. Southeast Asians and Americans must convince China that the “nine-dotted line” South China Sea is a bridge too far.
Kenneth Waltz’s Thermonuclear Dilemma: Fear, Trust, and the Glimmer of a New Leviathan
Lasting peace in a time where all-out thermonuclear war is a constant possibility requires better solutions to the most pressing security issues.
Riots in India: A Consequence of Democracy?
Political motivations offer only a partial explanation for Indian riots. They do not take into account religious mobilization, extremist ideologies, or perceptions of ‘the other’ that lead to participation in, or approval of, violence.
Anarchy and War: A Critique of Waltz’s Third Image
Claiming that wars occur because there is nothing to prevent them is like saying that a sick man died because he did not take any medication—and not because of his illness.
Why Do Wars Occur and How Do They End?
From the Peloponnesian Wars to the War on Terror, the brutal act of war itself has been packaged by all as a fight over what it means to be civilised.
Counterinsurgency and Gender: The Case of the Female Engagement Teams
Since 2009 the U.S. Marines have deployed Female Engagement Teams as part of its COIN effort. How does this relate to the gendering of COIN?
International Response to Bahrain’s Arab Spring
The implications of the Arab Spring on surviving regional powers has been overshadowed by geopolitical and geostrategic interests. Bahrain exemplifies this quagmire.
Hitting the Target?
The only thing that is precise about drone strikes is the machine that delivers them. We should be realistic about how much we can programme imprecision out of our lives – and more modest about the true nature of precision strikes.
