The End of Maastricht and the last Euro: Will the EU Survive the Euro Crisis?
The original motivation for what has become the EU was for a lasting peace in Europe, in which no country would dominate the continent. Yet, the euro and large country nationalism have changed the EU into the vehicle to achieve that domination.
Turning Back the Clock in Great Power Politics
The collapse of the USSR ushered in the unipolar moment of IR and meant that traditional approaches to understanding the world immediately became antiquated, or did it?
The Malian Tinderbox: Looking Beyond Bamako
The crisis in Mali, seems to be heading dramatically towards an eco-strategic-religious international power struggle in which the indigenous population may well become the first victim.
Pnom Penh: Strategic Implications
The strategic landscape in South East Asia is reordering. Southeast Asians and Americans must convince China that the “nine-dotted line” South China Sea is a bridge too far.
Counterinsurgency and Gender: The Case of the Female Engagement Teams
Since 2009 the U.S. Marines have deployed Female Engagement Teams as part of its COIN effort. How does this relate to the gendering of COIN?
International Response to Bahrain’s Arab Spring
The implications of the Arab Spring on surviving regional powers has been overshadowed by geopolitical and geostrategic interests. Bahrain exemplifies this quagmire.
Hitting the Target?
The only thing that is precise about drone strikes is the machine that delivers them. We should be realistic about how much we can programme imprecision out of our lives – and more modest about the true nature of precision strikes.
Understanding the World 50 Years Hence
It has become apparent how dependent IR is on hiding behind jargon. The work of economic historians provides a valuable guide to making things more intelligible.
Uzbekistan Exit from CSTO Reveals Limits of Russia’s Eurasian Integration Plans
The reality of Uzbekistan leaving the Collective Security Treaty Organization is that any influence that Moscow is perceived to have lost is influence it did not actually have. And, any additional US gains are minuscule at best.
The Paradox of Path Dependence: The Problem of Teleology in International Theory
While path dependence tells us why institutions remain stable, the complexity of social life makes it difficult to predict random developments.
