Archive for 2015

What Is ‘Neoliberalism’, and How Does It Relate to Globalization?

Vilde Skorpen Wikan • Mar 21 2015 • Essays

Globalization and neoliberal economic policy must be considered separately, for there is neither evidence of their correlation nor of a global transition to the latter.

Everyday Life after Annexation: The Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Greta Uehling • Mar 20 2015 • Articles

A new order is solidifying in Crimea that celebrates the reunion with Russia, even as the rights and the wellbeing of the indigenous people are eclipsed.

Islamic State and the Hypocrisy of Sovereignty

Hope Lozano Bielat • Mar 20 2015 • Articles

The extent to which IS challenges sovereignty depends on its future actions. Its conception of sovereignty cannot survive in the current world order of nation-states.

Roots and Features of Modern Ukrainian National Identity and Nationalism

Denys Kiryukhin • Mar 19 2015 • Articles

State politics since Ukraine’s independence were aimed at the consolidation of the homogeneity in culture and language of the dominance of Ukrainian cultural traditions

Review – Democracy, Revolution and Geopolitics in Latin America

Thomas Muhr • Mar 18 2015 • Features

This outstanding volume is a crucial contribution to the ongoing paradigmatic struggle over how to make sense of the revolutionary transformations of Latin America.

The Field of Security Studies: In Rude Health or a Chronic State of Disrepair?

Carl Bjork • Mar 18 2015 • Essays

Security Studies is in rude health, and will remain so amidst ever-changing global threats so long as scholars continue to engage with security theories critically.

Does Neoclassical Realism Provide a Compelling Approach to Military Change?

Riccardo Tomada • Mar 17 2015 • Essays

Accommodating other theories, Neoclassical Realism can explain military change through the internal characteristics and grand strategies of states.

Peru and Chile’s Ocean View Resolved Dispute

Duilia Mora Turner • Mar 17 2015 • Essays

Peru v. Chile exemplifies that legalistic intervention is a peaceful and adequate method for defining borders in modern times.

Building a Reform Movement: Could Muslims Emulate Nineteenth Century Judaism?

Jonathan Benthall • Mar 16 2015 • Articles

The challenge for Islamic reformers today is vastly more politically complicated. But could lessons on religious reform be found in Nineteenth Century Judaism?

Regulating Religion in Public Space

Simon Thompson • Mar 16 2015 • Articles

Is it wrong to prevent some religious groups from putting up certain buildings or should a religious majority be allowed to shape public space just as it wishes?

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