The NSA, Snowden and the Media
Traditional forms of media have historically been critical friends to the intelligence agencies, but this relationship has become antagonistic because of the Snowden leaks.
Domestic Politics and Regional Hegemony: India’s Approach to Sri Lanka
India can keep its leverage on Sri Lanka and increase its influence in South Asia by outlining a clear vision for regional leadership and by also taking a consistent normative stand on key issues.
Metaphorically Speaking, ‘Where is the Politics?’: China, Japan, and the Voldemort Controversy
As analysts of world politics, what should we make of the deployment of Voldemort by China and Japan in their ongoing diplomatic dispute?
What NSA Leaks Reveal about Ethics in America’s Intelligence Community
American intelligence community employees are devoted to the welfare of their countries and citizens, but they must deal with bureaucracies that often punish people who act on ethical insights.
The Effect of Conspiracy Theories on the Central Intelligence Agency
Conspiracy theories are seldom conducive to good policy-making, and they have harmed the reputation and reduced the power of U.S. government secret agencies, especially the CIA.
European Integration and Security Epistemic Communities
Cohesive epistemic communities are more likely to be persuasive diplomatic actors, achieving security goals that would have otherwise been very difficult if left to the member states alone.
The Potential of Social Network Analysis in Intelligence
Within its limits, SNA can be applied to identify individuals or organizations within a network, generate new leads and simulate flows of information or money throughout a network.
Buffeted not Busted: The UKUSA ‘Five-Eyes’ after Snowden
UKUSA and the intelligence co-operation between the ‘Five-Eyes’ members can be best analysed as being ‘buffeted and not busted’ by the recent series of Snowden-related NSA leaks.
Can Legalism Avoid War in the South China Sea?
The focus of peace effort for the past decade in the region has been on a specific Code of Conduct, a set of norms that recognizes the rule of UNCLOS in the settlement of maritime territorial disputes. The more the disputes become a matter of legal norms, the less benefits could be achieved by means of dangerous military demonstrations.
Post-Development and the Practitioner
Post-development thinking interrogates the history, meaning, and motives of the development industry while forcing the development professional to change how they view the world.
