Articles

“Balkanizing” the War on Terror

Sidita Kushi • Mar 4 2015 • Articles

While the EU and the US must reassess risks and potential investments in the Western Balkans they must also learn to separate the politics from the true security threats.

Stability, Cooperation and Integration: The Future of Serb-Albanian Relations

Gëzim Krasniqi • Mar 2 2015 • Articles

The relations between Albania and Serbia depends on a precondition: mutual recognition as equals which means relinquishing the idea of hegemony in favour of cooperation.

In Good Faith? Reconsidering the Impact of Religion on Negotiated Settlements

Jason Klocek • Feb 27 2015 • Articles

Responses provoked by the religious identity of insurgents may be as crucial to explaining the dearth of negotiated settlements as how religion shapes rebel behavior.

What You Say is What You Get: The Gender Problem in IR

Elizabeth Mendenhall • Feb 26 2015 • Articles

Replacing “man-made” with “anthropogenic” will not solve the gender problem in IR, but it will increase the visibility of our quotidian contributions to patriarchy.

Peace and Reconciliation in the Balkans: Croatia vs. Serbia

Nikolina Židek • Feb 25 2015 • Articles

Reconciliation is a slow process but when there is political will, changes can occur and victims can eventually get redress through justice, truth and memory.

Queering Paradigms: From Individual Resistance to Global-Local Impact

Bee Scherer • Feb 23 2015 • Articles

Performative scholarship as activism promises further advances in Social Justice. Ethically, there is no ‘mere criticality’; there is always also societal responsibility.

International Security in the Anthropocene

Simon Dalby • Feb 23 2015 • Articles

Climate change is a production issue, not a matter of environmental protection. Recognizing that the world is changing rapidly is the key to successful social adaptation.

Learning How Not to Scare People: The Paradox of Counterinsurgency

Lillian Figg-Franzoi • Feb 20 2015 • Articles

Scaling down the revered cult of counterinsurgency in future interventions, may be the only way to provide missions with a sense of real international purpose.

Emotions in IR: The ‘Dog That Did Not Bark’

K.M. Fierke • Feb 20 2015 • Articles

This brief exploration highlights the extent to which emotions have a social, cultural and political dimension that is pervasive at the international level.

Simulating Europe: Lesson-drawing from EU Decision-making Games

Günter Walzenbach • Feb 19 2015 • Articles

Simulations offer a glimpse into the complex world of decision-making within organisations that cannot be gained so easily from traditional teaching methods.

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