Archive for 2015

Interview – Nori Katagiri

E-International Relations • Dec 5 2015 • Features

Dr. Katagiri discusses his latest book on insurgencies, military strategies and cooperation and Japanese-American perceptions on security, politics and the world.

Edited Collection – System, Society and the World: Exploring the English School

E-International Relations • Dec 5 2015 • Features

This volume, now in its 2nd edition, brings together some of the most important voices on the English School to highlight the multifaceted nature of the School’s applications in IR. Edited by Robert W. Murray.

A Critical Review of the Concept of Middle Power

Dong-min Shin • Dec 4 2015 • Articles

Existing trends of middle power study are limited due to a tendency towards liberalist criteria and a lack of considerations of interactions with other entities.

Energy Security in Europe: How Is the EU Dealing with It?

Cristina Puntaru • Dec 3 2015 • Essays

Today, energy security is at the top of the EU agenda. The EU’s reliance on Russian gas has caused many nations to reconsider many of their energy-related policies.

Review – The Incubus of Intervention

Jakob R. Avgustin • Dec 2 2015 • Features

A remarkable account of differences between John F. Kennedy and Allan Dulles that significantly contributes to our understanding of US involvement in Indonesia.

Putin’s Syrian Quagmire: Costs as well as Benefits for the US

Mark N. Katz • Dec 2 2015 • Articles

Just because Moscow insists on making mistakes in Syria, Washington does not have to do so too.

Interview – David Frum

E-International Relations • Dec 2 2015 • Features

David Frum discusses the need for a welfare state post 2008-09 economic crisis, left and right populism and the Republican Party’s future for the upcoming 2016 election.

Pakistan and India: Is Peace Possible?

Ejaz Hussain • Dec 2 2015 • Articles

Pakistan and India have lot to share with and learn from. The present and future international relations are tilting towards inter-state economic cooperation.

The State of Democracy in Fiji

Stephanie Lawson • Dec 2 2015 • Articles

Fiji can only benefit from the elimination of an insidious form of communal politics that has made false promises to ordinary Taukei concerning their future prosperity.

Drawing out Rosa Luxemburg’s Gender Identity

Kate Evans • Dec 1 2015 • Articles

Luxemburg’s message only becomes more relevant as another inherent crisis of capitalism looms and the onward march of globalisation and militarism produces more victims.

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