Review – Unanswered Threats
In Unanswered Threats, Randall Schweller challenges preconceptions about the prevalence of balancing behavior in international relations.
The Role of State Building in COIN
Humanitarian assistance and state building play an essential role in COIN and should be incorporated into all COIN strategies.
Rethinking International Intervention
Less coercive forms of intervention have been relatively neglected by politicians and academics. The case of Syria clearly demonstrates the pitfalls of this approach.
What Can Be Done in Response to the Crisis in Syria?
The best response to the crisis in Syria is the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force to oversee an inclusive political process for a new Syrian constitution.
Depletion: The Costs of Unpaid Domestic Work
How is it possible to know if the non-recognition of the value of domestic work undermines the possibilities for achieving gender justice?
A Postcolonial Perspective on Immigration Regimes and International Order
This paper aims to disrupt this neat division of internal and external relations, and offer a much more complex view of the contemporary world order.
Will KONY2012 Make a Difference?
If the KONY2012 campaign can really be about ending impunity it might yet prove more valuable than many analysts predict – even though the videos are misleading.
Climate Change and the Military
While knowledge about the impact of climate change on the role of militaries is scant, planning for a future with climate change has begun.
Student Book Features: Two Global Politics Textbooks
Global political studies is a multi-faceted discipline encompassing IR, foreign policy, and domestic policy. To new students, it can be bewildering.
“KONY 2012” and the Magic of International Relations
The Invisible Children films reduce, depoliticize and dehistoricize a murky reality of globalized war into an essentialized black-and-white story.
