Communist Party Politics, Rockets and Komsomol Business in Soviet Dnipropetrovsk
The Dnipropetrovsk and Dnipro elites, who are still rooted in their Soviet past, play a significant role in the development of independent Ukraine.
Opinion – The Libyan Border as a Testing Ground for European Sovereignty
In recent years, consensus on EU immigration policy has taken a bruising and any future definition remains in flux — much like the European project as a whole.
Opinion – Putin’s Obsession with Ukraine as a ‘Russian Land’
The roots of this artificial crisis lie in Putin’s pan-Russianist obsession that Ukraine is a ‘Russian land’ and Ukrainians are a branch of the pan-Russian nation. Everything else flows from that.
Opinion – Kazakhstan’s Dark Heritage
Russian troops on Kazak soil are unpleasant reminders of Kazakhstan’s dark heritage and bring unwelcome memories of Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago.
Legitimacy and Nationalism: China’s Motivations and the Dangers of Assumptions
Western foreign policies are, by way of the security paradox, generating the assertive China that western policy was intended to mitigate.
Business and Human Rights: Overcoming Old Paradigms, Pushing for New Frontiers
We must move from the state-centric outlook on human rights and the corporate-centric view on corporate responsibility, to a rightsholder-centered understanding of business and human rights.
Opinion – A Daunting Agenda for France’s EU Presidency
Often presented as a grand strategist with outsized, grandiose ambitions, Macron’s greatest challenge may be in just containing Europe rather than expanding its powers and capabilities.
Rethinking Critical IR: Towards a Plurilogue of Cosmologies
Critical IR began as a strongly emancipatory and normative project, however, it seems to have lost its initial focus and risks forgoing its emancipatory potential.
Rethinking Deterrence in Gray Zone Conflict
Ukraine stands as a contemporary case of a state trying to deter an adversary with robust force in the gray area between war and peace.
Chaos and Corruption in West Africa: Lessons from Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is falling apart as its politicians persuade their people that elections alone deliver democratic reform, while strangling them of genuine voter alternatives.
