Articles

Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions under the Shah and Ayatollahs: Strikingly Analogous but More Dangerous

Stephen McGlinchey and Jamsheed K. Choksy • Feb 14 2025 • Articles

Re-examining developments from before the Islamic Revolution can cast light upon recent events, despite differences between the two regimes.

Extractivism and Resistance: Gendered Perspectives on the Global Resource Economy

Brianna Nicole Hernandez • Feb 14 2025 • Articles

Moving beyond extractivism is essential for transforming the way societies interact with the environment and ensuring sustainable development.

Sammarinese Nationalism: Between Myth and Modernity

Curtis Large • Feb 12 2025 • Articles

While San Marino’s inception is better explained by ethnosymbolist notions of historic continuity, the nation’s survival is more closely linked to the advent of modernity.

Opinion – The Geopolitics of Moldova’s Wine Industry

Wilder Alejandro Sánchez • Feb 12 2025 • Articles

Moldova’s decoupling from dependence on Russia for wine trade ultimately made the wine industry more resilient by the time the war in Ukraine commenced.

Exploring the World of the International Election Observer

Martin Duffy • Feb 9 2025 • Articles

Election observation is challenging work, but remains an important and relatively accessible opening into international service.

Applying Just War Theory to the Russo-Ukrainian War

Nazar Syvak • Feb 9 2025 • Articles

Prisoner release, war crime trials, an official apology, return of territories, reparations, and demilitarization are essential for jus post bellum – anything short of that will constitute an unjust peace.

Opinion – The Mixed Results of Made in China 2025

Farhad Gojayev • Feb 9 2025 • Articles

China has faced significant challenges from the United States and the European Union, who have responded with measures to counter China’s technological ascendancy.

Military Justice and the Response to ‘Everyday’ Violence in the British Armed Forces

Hannah Richards • Feb 7 2025 • Articles

There is an illusory nature to the efforts that underpin the promise to tackle sexual violence and other unacceptable behaviours in the military.

How Autonomous are the Crown Dependencies?

Peter Clegg • Feb 6 2025 • Articles

There is a strong belief on both sides that the Crown Dependencies and the UK are ‘good neighbours’ and any sizeable breach in relations would be detrimental.

The Nation-State: An Oxymoronic Relationship?

William Mallinson and Andrey Voynitsky • Feb 4 2025 • Articles

The concepts of nation and state are linked in a relationship that is contradictory, inconsistent and confusing for precision-seekers.

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