Review – Qatar and the Arab Spring
A rich, accurate and compelling account of Qatar’s rise as a prominent foreign policy actor and its related pitfalls that will benefit both experts and the wider public.
How does Poststructuralist Theorizing Challenge Understandings of Power?
While power is traditionally viewed negatively and as destructive, coercive and so on, the PS view is much more agnostic about moralising its conception of power.
Snake Oil: US Foreign Policy, Afghanistan, and the Cold War
Afghanistan has become a “snake country”: where loyalty can only be rented, solutions are always temporary, and the law of the stronger prevails.
A Moral Vindication of Morgenthau’s Classical Realism
Some observers claim that realism is an amoral doctrine. However, in Morgenthau’s realism, morality is a constitutive feature that argues for a reasoned foreign policy.
The Religion Agenda: The Sahrawi Refugees and the Politics of Tolerance
Global advocacy for religious toleration has yielded mixed consequences for the Sahrawi refugees of Algeria by reproducing discourses purveyed by those in power
Education Reform and the Asian Values Debate
The emergence of tutoring businesses all across neighborhoods in the United States is the result of American policymakers’ obsession with test-based education reform.
Religion in the European Union: The Neglected Variable
Despite the secularisation of European politics and other changes in the religious environment, a confessional culture still affects movement towards European unity.
Whose God? A Human Rights Approach
The modern international human rights regime offers an alternative to secularism because it establishes standards for both state neutrality and engagement with religion.
The Geopolitics of Religious Liberty
Guided by the secularisation thesis, the field of international relations has been slow to recognise religion’s importance and has tended to ignore it until recently.
The BRICS: Rhetoric or Reality?
The BRICs have been portrayed as a new paradigm threatening the contemporary liberal world order. Yet, there is also disagreement and competition between BRICs states.
