Archive for 2014

Embodied Subjectivities in International Relations

Lauren Wilcox • Aug 5 2014 • Articles

Theories of war and violence in IR depend on assumptions about the relationship between bodies, subjectivity, and violence that are often more implicit than explicit.

R2P in Gaza: A Long Overdue Debate

Coralie Hindawi • Aug 4 2014 • Articles

If R2P will not save lives as quickly as one would like it to, its application to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can serve the search for a peaceful and just solution.

Expanding the Constitutional Role of Japan’s Military

David Arase • Aug 3 2014 • Articles

The limited expansion of the concept of self-defense has symbolic and practical significance for Japanese foreign and security policy and for the regional order.

American Exceptionalism: Exemplifying Patriotism and Justifying Imperialism

Caleb Spencer • Aug 1 2014 • Essays

American exceptionalism exemplifies the patriotic essence of the American people, but it has also proven problematic for the conduct of sound American foreign policy.

Video Games and the Simulation of International Conflict

Marcus Schulzke • Aug 1 2014 • Articles

As with other media, games are open to multiple interpretations and can be politically significant in different ways depending on which interpretations they can sustain.

Review – When the United States Invaded Russia

Christian Dennys • Aug 1 2014 • Features

Richard’s book should be read – not for lessons on Afghanistan & Iraq – but as a timely reminder of the dangers of mission creep and the consequences of the use of force.

Mental Health and Student Welfare: A Student Reflection

Siân Hampson • Jul 31 2014 • Articles

Getting the support that you are legally entitled to, and you deserve, shouldn’t be shameful or difficult. If I didn’t get it, my degree would have finished prematurely.

The Migration of Democratic Peace Theory

Piki Ish-Shalom • Jul 30 2014 • Articles

In leaving the academy, theories are often instrumentalised to justify political violence. Intellectuals have a responsibility for their theoretical effect on the world.

Neoliberalism and Social Movements

Laurence Cox and Alf Gunvald Nilsen • Jul 30 2014 • Articles

With increasing challenges to neoliberalism, questions turn to the outcome that will be arrived at after neoliberalism, and which actors will bring this about.

Considering NATO’s Long-Term Revitalization

Joshua Spero • Jul 30 2014 • Articles

NATO’s long term revitalization relies on the next debate, revision, and implementation of its all-encompassing Strategic Concept.

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