Opinion – Lebanon’s Economic Crisis: An Opportunity to Contain Hezbollah?
The international community should help avoid Lebanon’s collapse, yet make support dependent on tackling corruption and abandoning Hezbollah.
A Call for Introspection on the Comfort Women Tragedy
The time has come to address longstanding cultural assumptions, rather than to allow this tragedy to be used by nationalists and self-serving politicians.
The Rituals of a Massacre: Mapping Violence during the Rwandan Genocide
During the Rwandan genocide, violence became the norm, and the performance of this norm was rendered relatively easy while simultaneously being socially rewarding.
The European Union’s Security and Defence Policy Beyond COVID-19
The EU must ensure defence is part of its post-pandemic recovery in order to achieve its goal of strategic autonomy and enhance its role a security actor.
Understanding Ukraine and Belarus: Heroes and Villains
This chapter describes the author’s travel, stories and experiences teaching and documenting the struggles of establishing an accepted history of Ukraine.
Sino-Taiwan Chequebook Diplomacy in the Pacific
As the Sino-Taiwan aid competition in the Pacific intensifies, Beijing hopes that Taipei will give up its secessionist drive under immense diplomatic pressure.
Nigeria’s Soft Power in the Face of COVID-19
Despite the fragility of its institutions, Nigeria stands to make the best of a bad situation by projecting an image of a country addressing its deficits.
The Remote Warfare Paradox: Democracies, Risk Aversion and Military Engagement
Western democracies’ claims to the moral high ground in respect to the brutality of war are uncalled for. There is no such thing as sophisticated violence.
Remote Warfare and the Utility of Military and Security Contractors
There are important ethical, political and legal concerns with military contracting. The most serious of these is the fear that it will lead to a democratic deficit.
Opinion – Global Environmental Politics in Times of Coronavirus: Lessons from Mexico
The current pandemic exhibits the strong dependency from transnational companies in the food, and medicine supply.
