Archive for 2014

The Meaning of a British Exit from the European Union

John McCormick • Jul 25 2014 • Articles

Britain may have a reputation as a reluctant member of the EU, but its absence would be deeply felt. The merits of a referendum on a ‘Brexit’ need to be questioned.

Israel’s Serial Gaza Offensives Are Offensive

Ramesh Thakur • Jul 24 2014 • Articles

Does the R2P apply in Gaza? This is a silly question – of course it does. R2P is a universal principle, not a light switch to be turned on and off at whim or convenience.

Victim-Politics and Post-Conflict Foreign Policy in Rwanda and Sri Lanka

Kithmina Hewage • Jul 24 2014 • Essays

Sri Lanka and Rwanda elicit a sense of victimhood upon which their respective foreign policies have been built.

Genuine Thinking and Public Outreach

Sergiu Gherghina • Jul 24 2014 • Articles

Writing blog posts helps students to develop scientific-based arguments in plain English for ordinary readers and exercise various skills acquired during studies.

Review – The Impossible Community: Realizing Communitarian Anarchism

Benjamin Franks • Jul 23 2014 • Features

Clark successfully employs a neo-Hegelian framework to examine the benefits of anarchism’s alternative participatory, anti-hierarchical forms of organisation.

Review Feature – Terrorism and Political Violence

Robert Bunker • Jul 23 2014 • Features

This review considers the contributions of two very useful, and student friendly, new books that add to the growing literature on terrorism and political violence.

Can the EU Afford to Lose the UK?

Jan Zielonka • Jul 23 2014 • Articles

With a ‘Brexit’ on the agenda, and the EU’s vision questioned, it should be kept in mind that integration is chiefly about managing divergence and difference.

The Ethics of Killer Robots

Ryan Jenkins • Jul 23 2014 • Articles

As the line between peace and war further blurs, autonomous weapons offer clear advantages while simultaneously raising powerful, but somewhat nebulous, moral concerns.

The Incompatibility of COIN Warfare and Nation-Building in Iraq and Afghanistan

Ibrahim Gabr • Jul 22 2014 • Essays

The disjuncture between kinetic elements of American COIN doctrine and the nation-building mission inherent to ‘new’ conflicts lies at the root of ongoing difficulties.

The Responsibility to Protect and the 2014 Conflict in Gaza

Alex J. Bellamy • Jul 22 2014 • Articles

More civilians will die without concerted efforts to break the cycles of impunity and escalation that have been allowed to establish themselves in Israel and Palestine.

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