What Is ‘Active Learning’ and Why Is It Important?
Interacting with content through active learning has some compelling advantages over ‘delivery mode’ lectures. It helps to maintain student concentration & deepens learning.
On Images, Stories, and the Need to Hear More
The way out of this world of spectacles we have normalised is not to say more but to hear more, to grasp the hidden erasure of suffering in different contexts.
Hurting the Host: The Rationale of the Afghan Exodus
Against the backdrop of the situation of the refugees trying to enter Europe, it is crucial to find the necessary steps needed to stop the exodus of Afghan people.
Islam, National Identity and Choices of Faith in the Post-Communist Balkans
In the prevailing nationalist discourse any discoveries of faith raise the suspicion of a religious obscurantism, extra-territorial allegiances, or threats of terrorism.
Announcing the Winner of the 2015 E-IR Scholarship
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2015 E-IR Scholarship for Masters students is Vitor Ziegler Paiva from Coventry University.
Religion’s Changing Form and Relation to the State since 1989
Perceptions of religion remain stuck in an old paradigm which does not represent the extent of the religious revolution that is taking place.
A Fight for Statehood? ISIS and Its Quest for Political Domination
Although it exhibits certain state-like qualities, the Islamic State is rejected as an official, independent, and sovereign state under international law.
The Dilemma of Middle Eastern Democracy
The seemingly infertile soil for democracy in the Middle East can be better understood by primarily examining the hindering role of the coercive apparatus in the region.
The Financial Crisis: Banking, Bankruptcy and the Origins of the Crash
The behaviour of banks preceding the global financial crisis must be understood in relation to the complex interdependencies between agency, institution and structure.
How Has China Been Safeguarding Its Oil Imports from the Middle East and Africa?
Although oil is significant for Chinese economic development, the country’s ‘peaceful rise’ advocated as Chinese strategy of development should be called into question.
