Military Ethics and Cultural Knowledge
Each approach has its own inherent limitations. The human terrain approach was a ‘quick-fix’. But maybe the US Air Force’s model of cross-cultural competence offers more promise.
Identimetrics: Operationalizing Identity in Counterinsurgency Operations
Identimetrics adds identity to the operational and strategic context of counterinsurgency, which must be considered when operating in foreign environments and within foreign cultures.
Why Nations Fight: Past and Future Motives for War
There can be little doubt that the spirit is the principal cause of war across the centuries, and that it and its consequences have been almost totally ignored in the international relations literature.
Rethinking International Intervention
Less coercive forms of intervention have been relatively neglected by politicians and academics. The case of Syria clearly demonstrates the pitfalls of this approach.
What Can Be Done in Response to the Crisis in Syria?
The best response to the crisis in Syria is the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force to oversee an inclusive political process for a new Syrian constitution.
Depletion: The Costs of Unpaid Domestic Work
How is it possible to know if the non-recognition of the value of domestic work undermines the possibilities for achieving gender justice?
Will KONY2012 Make a Difference?
If the KONY2012 campaign can really be about ending impunity it might yet prove more valuable than many analysts predict – even though the videos are misleading.
Climate Change and the Military
While knowledge about the impact of climate change on the role of militaries is scant, planning for a future with climate change has begun.
“KONY 2012” and the Magic of International Relations
The Invisible Children films reduce, depoliticize and dehistoricize a murky reality of globalized war into an essentialized black-and-white story.
Syria and the Responsibility to Protect: Rhetoric Meets Reality
Syria surely demonstrates, in all too graphic detail, the limits of R2P and the pressing need for creative thinking about profound reforms of the UN which address the P5 veto in the Security Council and the absence of a UN standing army.
