Justice in a World of Climate Change and the Distribution of Responsibilities
Notions of global justice are irrevocably connected with the economic and social costs of climate change, which affect global social justice and the world as a whole.
A Bone in the Throat: An Analysis on the Origins of the Berlin Wall
The construction of the Berlin Wall was a product of the refugee crisis, challenges to the Khrushchev’s leadership, and the USSR’s failed diplomacy with the West.
Are India and China on a Collision Course of Maritime Strategies?
The Chinese and Indian maritime strategies and their aspirations have disposed two powers into a collision course in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
Review – The Routledge Companion to Ethics, Politics and Organizations
This Routledge volume provides an excellent overview of how organization theorists are searching for post-communist paradigms to contest the march of neoliberalism.
‘Mind the Gap’: Triangulating the Worlds of State, Academia, and Think-Tanks
Think-tanks can function as the shock absorbers that reduce the pressure on scholars, allowing a more truthful flow of academic knowledge to the state.
The Economics of the Arab Uprisings
Concepts like “flauntiness,” though complex and somewhat amorphous, should be engaged with to give models of economic development a new dynamic of pragmatism.
Assessing the Obama-Medvedev Reset in US-Russia Relations
The U.S.-Russian relationship remains a selective partnership, where Moscow and Washington cooperate on some issues, because of common interests, and disagree on others.
Chapo ‘El Bandito’ Alger
If we come to see the drug epidemic as the health issue it is, el Chapo may become a genuine pop-cultural icon for the masses, not just a hackneyed Mexican ‘Robin Hood’.
The Global Commons: The Arctic and the Danger of a Sequel in Outer Space
Managing the global commons is a monumental task: the Arctic and outer space pose worsening problems, which can only be solved through global governance.
Interview – Andy Wolff
Director Andy Wolff talks about piracy and acquisition of information by experience, through the many subjects he tackles in his documentaries – a useful reminder for IR.
