Archive for 2014

Global Trade Politics and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Gabriel Siles-Brügge • May 5 2014 • Articles

Trade politics is no longer just about international trade; it is increasingly about how we regulate our economies domestically.

The Gacaca Courts in Rwanda: Contradictory Hybridity

Bert Ingelaere • May 4 2014 • Articles

The gacaca courts, which deal with crimes related to the 1994 genocide, are very well known, but their actual functioning and legacy remain little understood.

“Do as We Say, Not as We Do.” Perspective on the Ukrainian Crisis

Graham Kay • May 4 2014 • Articles

The main criticism on relations with Ukraine must fall on U.S. and Western foreign policy or, more precisely, the lack of one.

Edited Collection – Restoring Indigenous Self Determination

E-International Relations • May 3 2014 • Features

This volume’s contributors suggest that much more work is needed to determine what Indigenous self-determination means in theory and how it is to be achieved in practice.

Review – Russian Energy in a Changing World

Stephen Fortescue • May 3 2014 • Features

Godzimirski’s edited collection is a timely analysis of Russia’s energy policies that will aid our understanding of the recent past and future of this volatile region.

Does Self-Determination Entail an Automatic Right to Secession?

Michele Capeleto • May 2 2014 • Essays

Despite being a well-established norm, self-determination, outside the decolonisation context, has been largely sacrificed in favor of territorial integrity.

Strategies to Influence Outcomes in Long Environmental Negotiations

Christian Downie • May 2 2014 • Articles

In long negotiations, things change. Opportunities will arise for actors to influence state behaviour, and in turn negotiation outcomes, by making strategic choices.

Secret Diplomacy and the “Dirty Hand” Problem

Corneliu Bjola • May 2 2014 • Articles

The classical “dirty hand” problem cannot be completely solved, but it can be reasonably mitigated if the context of the case is being carefully taken into account.

Extending European Union Membership to the Eastern Neighbourhood

Alexander Simm • May 2 2014 • Essays

The case for extending membership to the Eastern neighborhood countries extrapolates from the European Union’s experience in Central and Eastern Europe.

Review – Militancy and Violence in West Africa

Carl LeVan • May 2 2014 • Features

This tome convincingly shows how we must see violent extremism as a political and social phenomenon whose religious and regional variations are easily misunderstood.

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