Foreign Policy

Has the US Learned from Its Experience in the Vietnam War?

Charles Sladdin • Feb 21 2020 • Essays

Successive administrations have failed to draw lessons from US involvement in Vietnam. This has proved detrimental to recent international interventions.

Two Nationalists and Their Differences – an Analysis of Trump and Bolsonaro

Marius Zeevaert • Feb 5 2020 • Essays

Neoclassical realism highlights the differences between the two leaders’ populist policies, namely Bolsonaro’s more open stance toward the global economy.

Europe’s Biggest Eurosceptics: Britain and Support for the European Union

Ryan J. Bain • Feb 3 2020 • Essays

Euroscepticism remains higher in the United Kingdom in contrast to their continental peers, as reflected in its referendum to leave the European Union.

Is Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” a Self-fulfilled Prophecy?

Clara Assumpção • Jan 29 2020 • Essays

Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations,” though fraught with polarizing opinions, still has relevance to contemporary policies and politics.

To What Extent Has China’s Security Policy Evolved in Sub-saharan Africa?

Tania González Veiga • Dec 26 2019 • Essays

China’s security policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa has grown more interventionist as its economic ties deepen and its desire to protect Chinese citizens abroad increases.

EU Foreign Policy in East Asia: EU-Japan Relations and the Rise of China

Martijn Kooi • Dec 5 2019 • Essays

While Japan and the EU are allies who emphasize liberal values in their foreign policy, geopolitical concerns have prevented them from agreeing on a China policy.

In Search of a European Strategy? From a Normative to a Pragmatic Approach

Luca Nicosia • Dec 3 2019 • Essays

Differences between the ESS and the EUGS are examined, illustrating challenges the EU expects to face and the long-term framework of the EU’s foreign and defence policy.

The Use of “Remote” Warfare: A Strategy to Limit Loss and Responsibility

Bernhardt Fourie • Nov 30 2019 • Essays

Remote warfare has become increasingly popular among Western governments as both a political and military tool in the fight against terror.

The False Dichotomy of the Material-Ideational Debate in IR Theory

Sulagna Basu • Nov 21 2019 • Essays

Contrary to what most IR theory perspectives envision, material and ideational forces are mutually constitutive, not oppositional.

The Uneven and Combined Emergence of “Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics”

Georg McCutcheon • Nov 19 2019 • Essays

The emergence of China’s capitalist system and its “Chinese characteristics” can be understood as an outcome of uneven and combined development.

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