Opinion – Rishi Sunak’s National Service Pledge and the Case Against Conscription
The UK government should focus on modernising its recruitment strategies and offering flexible service options rather than reviving coercive and anachronistic practices.
Opinion – Assessing National and International Responses to Climate-Induced Migration
Recognizing climate-induced migration as a human rights issue and underscoring the need for a rights-based approach is crucial.
Opinion – Chipko’s Lessons for Today’s Global Environmentalism
As Governments grapple with the impending ecological crisis, they must leverage the knowledge that is innate to local communities.
Gendered Memory and Mass Violence: Rwanda, Bosnia, and the Holocaust
A more nuanced discussion of women’s experiences during mass violence from all angles and perspectives, victim, perpetrator, rescuer, and combatants is vital to understanding mass violence.
Opinion – Opposition Strategy and Perspective in India’s 2024 Elections
The only way to break Modi’s dominance is to espouse a worldview that offers the electorate a different and contrasting way of evaluating the issues at hand.
Opinion – Moldova Must Balance Media Freedom and Disinformation
There must be greater efforts to protect and educate the Moldovan public against disinformation, without violating freedom of speech.
Opinion – Why Unipolarity Is Not Over
Scholars often talk about structural changes in the international system – but the world remains unipolar, with the United States at its center.
Indian Think Tanks and India’s Security Policy in the Indo-Pacific
Think tank research independence is often reliant on the support of formal institutions with amorphous lateral connections with government actors.
The Strategic Defense Initiative and the Logic of Narrative Coercion
The effective use of narrative coercion, as demonstrated by the SDI, could set the stage for a negotiated resolution in contemporary conflicts such as Ukraine.
Opinion – The EU’s Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products and its Malcontents
Critiques of the EUDR have ranged from allegations of simple economic protectionism, to denouncing it as a form of green colonialism.
