International Security in the Anthropocene
Climate change is a production issue, not a matter of environmental protection. Recognizing that the world is changing rapidly is the key to successful social adaptation.
Evaluating Ecuador’s Decision to Abandon the Yasuni-Itt Initiative
The lack of democracy associated with the decision-making process to drill Block ITT has fuelled a high degree of currently ongoing civil discontent in Ecuador.
Review – Cities at the End of the World
Even if political categories are sometimes taken for granted, Lorenzo’s text shows how rich an engagement with literature can be to a critical reflection on politics.
Learning How Not to Scare People: The Paradox of Counterinsurgency
Scaling down the revered cult of counterinsurgency in future interventions, may be the only way to provide missions with a sense of real international purpose.
Emotions in IR: The ‘Dog That Did Not Bark’
This brief exploration highlights the extent to which emotions have a social, cultural and political dimension that is pervasive at the international level.
Simulating Europe: Lesson-drawing from EU Decision-making Games
Simulations offer a glimpse into the complex world of decision-making within organisations that cannot be gained so easily from traditional teaching methods.
Central European Countries and EU Accession: A Blessing or a Curse?
Eastern enlargement was a unique achievement for prosperity and modernisation in Central and Eastern European States and bolstered the EU’s greatest strength: diversity.
United Nations Personnel in the Democratic Republic of Congo
New guidelines for determining the applicability of international humanitarian law to United Nations peace operations are both necessary and urgent.
Global Warming: Is Paris the Last-chance Saloon?
Global warming’s last-chance saloon will soon be upon us. Yet, far from acting together, we have various gangs ready to shoot each other in the back while the piano-player plays on.
The Roma/Gypsies: “Outcasts” of Europe
The Roma story has not been the story of the powerful. It is a story of the ones that have done whatever they could in order to survive in a very adverse environment.
