Articles

Opinion – US Artillery: Crusader is Out, What is Next?

Robert Palmer • Sep 23 2021 • Articles

War is not simply about having the biggest gun, it’s about having the right gun. It is likely that the US army will resort to howitzers more similar to French artillery in the near future.

Turkey’s Role in Syria: A Prototype of its Regional Policy in the Middle East

Shaimaa Magued • Sep 21 2021 • Articles

The Arab uprisings have interrupted the conciliatory course of bilateral relations and disturbed the normative framework of Turkish diplomacy in the region.

A Totalitarianism of Our Time: What Arendt Tells Us About Environmental Injustice

Carly A. Krakow • Sep 21 2021 • Articles

Arendt’s works show us that International law, and international human rights, only have meaning when justice is achieved locally.

Explaining Bipartisan Support for the US Innovation and Competition Act

Benjamin Smith • Sep 17 2021 • Articles

The ICA received bipartisan support due to both parties perceiving China’s authoritarianism similarly. Yet, partisanship remained active throughout negotiations.

The International Political Economy of Health: The Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution

Mohid Iftikhar • Sep 14 2021 • Articles

For global cooperation on common threats, the complex composition of regional-multipolar systems must be considered as rising and regional powers compete for resources.

“No Friend of Iran”: Tehran’s Responses to the Taliban’s Return to Power in Afghanistan

Jamsheed K. Choksy and Carol E. B. Choksy • Sep 13 2021 • Articles

Part of Tehran’s outreach to the Taliban has been to blame Afghanistan’s chaos on the US. But, past events suggest that the Taliban is no friend of Iran.

Different Type of Refugee: Onward Journeys of Gulf-Born Migrants from Politically Volatile Countries

Idil Akinci-Perez • Sep 12 2021 • Articles

Academic inquiry should go beyond categorisation to understand what pushes migrants to seek alternative permanencies elsewhere, and under what conditions.

Reflections on Afghanistan: War is Folly for the Weak on Wisdom and Will

Robert Cassidy • Sep 12 2021 • Articles

Afghanistan is not the graveyard of empires, it is the graveyard of strategy.

A Constructivist Approach to Maritime Spaces

Marcelo M. Valença and Daniel Edler Duarte • Sep 11 2021 • Articles

Maritime spaces are political zones. In these spaces, agents manifest their interests and pursue their strategies based on the distribution of material and ideational resources.

Anarchy and Occupation: The US in the Mexican-American War and in Afghanistan

Ricardo Jasso • Sep 9 2021 • Articles

The lack of domination structures through which imperial or state power can be exerted strains, and renders futile, the capabilities of the occupying force.

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