Archive for 2014

Student Feature – The Challenges of Democracy and Democratization in Europe

Students of Goethe University Frankfurt • Jul 29 2014 • Student Features

Dr Sergiu Gherghina tasked his students to write blogs instead of essays in the hope that the task would embed new skills and perspectives.

Review – Weapons of Mass Destruction and US Foreign Policy

K.P. O'Reilly • Jul 29 2014 • Features

Bentley’s analysis offers important insights about how politically loaded seemingly neutral idioms used in the war on terror are manipulated by the powers that be.

The Iraq Crisis and Its Geopolitical Implications

Zenonas Tziarras • Jul 29 2014 • Articles

An inclusive and participatory democracy that would accommodate Iraq’s pluralistic society is the only way to counter ISIS and ensure Iraq’a stability and prosperity.

Review – Dragon in Ambush: The Art of War in the Poems of Mao Zedong

Francis Grice • Jul 28 2014 • Features

Ingalls’ translation of Mao’s poems and thought-provoking thesis have considerable merit, but readers will benefit most by approaching it with a critical eye.

The Ebola Outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

Jeremy Youde • Jul 26 2014 • Articles

With the number of Ebola cases in West Africa continuing to increase, coordinated national and international actions are required to try to stop the spread of disease.

The Islamic State and the International Politics of Statehood in the Middle East

Glen Rangwala • Jul 26 2014 • Articles

The legacy left by the Islamic State may indeed be the creation of a new state in the region – but it is more likely to be a Kurdish state than one of its own.

Conflict in Gaza: Balancing History and the Responsibility to Protect

Cecilia Jacob • Jul 26 2014 • Articles

If there is anything that the current humanitarian tragedy in Gaza teaches us about R2P, it is that history challenges the fulfillment of the international R2P agenda.

Massive Open Online Classes and International Learning

Michael S. Roth • Jul 26 2014 • Articles

Online classes that reach an international audience are an effective tool for increasing awareness, stimulating research, and creating widely dispersed learning networks.

Lessons for Sustainable Development from the UN’s Global Desertification Regime

David Benson and Lei Xie • Jul 26 2014 • Essays

There is significant potential to link the global regimes for climate, biodiversity, trade, and water, in order to facilitate a broader sustainable development agenda.

International Security and “Failed States”: A Cause for Concern?

Francesco Cecon • Jul 25 2014 • Essays

Failed states signal that the Westphalian model lacks empirical support and is a simple political construction that deserves greater theoretical scrutiny.