Foreign Policy

The Bodies of Others: United States Drone Strikes and Biopolitical Racism

Hanul Cho • Aug 24 2020 • Essays

Biopolitical racism embedded in the discourse of US drone programs allowed the Obama administration to construct a right to exert biopower on the bodies of others.

A New Grand Strategy for a New World Order: US Disengagement from Sub-Saharan Africa

Lila Ovington • Aug 19 2020 • Essays

The post-Cold War grand strategy of the US appeared to make little space for sub-Saharan Africa after losing its ‘utility’ as a platform for East-West proxy conflicts.

How Important is Neutrality in Providing Humanitarian Assistance?

Anahita Bordoloi • Aug 18 2020 • Essays

While neutrality is difficult to adhere to, it should be treated as the means to help provide aid to as many victims of conflict, and as quickly, as possible.

Assessing Globalisation’s Contribution to the Sex Trafficking Trade

Isabella Lahdo • Aug 14 2020 • Essays

The sex trafficking industry has been facilitated by Structural Adjustment Programs and the related economic vulnerability of women.

Friend or Foe? Explaining the Philippines’ China Policy in the South China Sea

Brenda Tan • Aug 10 2020 • Essays

Role theory explains tensions within the Philippines’ policy towards China in the South China Sea by examining contesting role conceptions in the Duterte administration.

The Impotent Man: How Constructed UK/EU Gender Identities Legitimised Brexit

Alice Chancellor • Aug 6 2020 • Essays

The construction of the UK as an impotent man opposed to the EU as a powerful, yet feminine, Other by the Vote Leave Twitter campaign legitimised the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.

A See-Saw Relationship: An Overview of Afghanistan’s Ties with India and Pakistan

Hargun Sethi • Aug 6 2020 • Essays

Afghanistan’s foreign policy toward India has always been the antithesis of its foreign policy toward Pakistan across three governments since 1996.

Analysing the ‘Special Relationship’ between the US and UK in a Transatlantic Context

Anna Pitts-Tucker • Aug 2 2020 • Essays

The term ‘Special Relationship’ has defined the alliance between the US and UK. Does it dominate all Transatlantic relations or is it contingent on convenience and context?

The Responsibility to Protect: A Disputed Matter

Margherita Buso • Jul 13 2020 • Essays

Interpreting sovereignty as a responsibility toward a state’s own citizens, not a tool for limitless power, mends R2P’s tension between sovereignty and human rights.

The Puzzle of U.S. Foreign Policy Revision Regarding Iran’s Nuclear Program

Sina Abolghasem Rasouli • Jul 10 2020 • Essays

U.S. foreign policy toward Iran’s nuclear program has evolved to it’s current position due to groupthink dynamics between 2017-2019.

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