Finger on the Nuclear Button: Gender, Responsibility and Nuclear Custodianship
Hillary Clinton quite literally turned the tables on Trump – inverting the gender binary that had for centuries kept women from public office
Ukraine’s Media after 25 Years of Independence
Ukraine’s media system has drastically changed in recent years, but like the rest of the country it is still a work in progress with many hurdles to overcome.
The Precision of Drones: Problems with the New Data and New Claims
Though startling assertions are now presented on the imprecision of drones, one must look carefully at the data to understand what conclusions can be drawn.
Conservative Authoritarianism in Turkey
Erdogan stands against intellectuals or elites in Turkey because these groups are identified as a ‘possible enemy’ for the lower classes, who support Erdogan/the AKP.
Commercial(ized) Nationalism on Display at the Olympics
Overseas corporations are taking an increasingly important role in telling Americans exactly who they are, as in the case of several ads broadcast during the Olympics.
Statecraft and the Limitations of Economic Sanctions
Strategies relying on the pure coercive nature of economic sanctions rarely succeed in their goals, and alone are not capable of forcing countries to make concessions.
Catastrophic Futures, Precarious Presents & Temporal Politics of (In)security
the post-9/11 temporalisation of security has taken the form of a politics of pre-emption in which radical uncertainty constitutes the basis for anticipatory action.
How Time Shapes our Understanding of Global Politics
Using time as a primary analytical lens takes us beyond concerns with linear and teleological time that dominate the ways in which time is understood as mere ‘history’
The Importance of the Chilcot Report for International Relations Scholars
Academics should focus more on the processes by which power is exercised through organised persuasive communication and manipulative propaganda.
Analogue Time, People, and the Digital Eclipsing of Modern Political Time
It would be a terrible and ignominious end for a modern political process (and project) to be eclipsed by technological speed and market imperatives.
