Author profile: Torgeir Pande Braathen
The Three Images of the Syrian Civil War
Employing Waltz’s three images in ‘Man the State and War’ as a methodological framework helps guide analysis of the Syrian civil war, but fails to provide direct answers.
The Responsibility to Protect and the Importance of International Consensus
A constructive debate between the proponents and the sceptics of R2P will lead to establishing a greater consensus around the concept.
Why Doesn’t Iran Want the Bomb?
When adding up the potential benefits and impediments, Iran will unlikely upgrade its current civilian nuclear programme to a military nuclear weapons programme.
