How Do Terrorist Groups Emerge?
State repression heightens the sense of antagonism between certain political actors, ultimately culminating in a vision of the status quo as a state of war.
What is the United Nations For?
The Civil War in Sri Lanka ended in May 2009. To date there have been no international prosecutions for the crimes that occurred. That is the gravest failure highlighted by recent disclosures.
Hurricane Sandy: a Climate Change 9/11 for IR Scholars?
Many discussions of global environmental politics eventually get around to this question: should analysts or activists employ doom-and-gloom language to scare people into action?
The 1982 Lebanon War was Israel’s Vietnam
Due to factors like nation size, proximity of threats, and regional instability, the legacy of Lebanon for Israel was perhaps more profound than the Vietnam legacy was for the US.
Israel’s Posture of Nuclear Ambiguity
The only strong argument in favor of a declared doctrine has to do with the injection of a measure of certainty into the balance of mutual nuclear deterrence between Israel and Iran.
Review – The China Choice
No serious thinker on global and Asian regional security matters can afford to be ignorant of this book’s central thesis- America must make a choice very soon regarding China: to relinquish primacy to share power with China in a concert of Asia.
The Impact of European Colonialism on the Indian Caste System
The caste system during European colonialism was not invented by Europeans. It was, however, adapted and exploited by British colonials throughout their occupation of India.
Options and Prospects for the BASIC at Doha, COP-18
COP-18 is the last meeting before the Kyoto Protocol expires. Brazil, South Africa, India and China are a bridge between developed & developing nations that must shake itself to life for any conclusive bargain to be reached.
Relationship Advice: The International, The State, The Local, And Why They Just Can’t Seem To Make It Work
What the international community needs is a dose of reality and a bit of retrospection by re-evaluating failed endeavors in peace and statebuilding.
Has Globalisation Altered the Role of the State?
The state can no longer control all in-state language and education due to the global mass media and, as a result, the state is now not completely relied on for educating its citizens.
