Mugabe: How Much Longer?
Mugabe’s regime is hardly on its last legs and is not threatened beyond key points. He is strong enough to intimidate the most senior of his ambitious colleagues and there are many who trace the death in 2011 of Solomon Mujuru to his door.
Cultural symbols, biocolonialism and the commodification of rural and indigenous bodies
The world’s most powerful institutions and corporations are now interested in subaltern people, because they represent a commercial “opportunity”.
Assessing Japan’s and China’s strategic relationships with the USA
The Asia-Pacific’s emerging powers are translating their prosperity into military power. In such a context, the relationships between the two regional powers and the United States, are crucial.
China’s Relations with Africa and the American Context
Africa is an emerging strategic partner of China. As a result, some over-excited analysts talk of a major competition between China and the United States in Africa.
Understanding the Human Terrain in Warfare: A Clash of Moralities
Proof of concept programs are, by their very nature, cutting edge experiments funded to enhance the efficiency and morality of the warfare the U.S. Army is charged with conducting. It is unreasonable to assume that these programs will come out of the box perfect.
The Challenging Road to Reconciliation in Rwanda
In the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Hutus killed about 700 hundred thousand Tutsis. This piece will discuss institutions and processes of reconciliation since the genocide, discussing both their positive and problematic aspects.
Can the security dilemma explain actual conflicts?
Although the occurrence of certain wars can be attributed to the operation of the security dilemma, a number of socio-structural factors limit the likelihood of such an extreme outcome.
Nationalism in the 21st Century
Nationalist ideology continues to shape global politics today, but twenty-first century nationalists must reconsider the meaning of self-determination, independence, autonomy and sovereignty in an increasingly interconnected world.
Gender Parity in the UK’s Legislative Bodies: A Desirable Goal?
I have tried recruiting my female friends and family into politics. I tell them we are looking for people like them: mums; business women; community workers; teachers. They all look at me with horror.
The power politics of multi-lateral engagement
Super-powers can be selective in their multi-lateral engagements. That is their problem. Middle-ranking powers cannot, that it is theirs.
