Foreign Policy

Analysing the Lord’s Resistance Army Through Liberalism & Social Constructivism

Daphny Roggeveen • Jun 16 2014 • Essays

Using the case study of the Lord’s Resistance Army in northern Uganda, liberalism’s approach to peacebuilding is inadequate compared to social constructivism’s.

Was the Communist Party of Yugoslavia a Leninist Party?

Matt Finucane • Jun 15 2014 • Essays

The Communist Party of Yugoslavia was a thoroughly Leninist party. Even at those moments when it appeared to go against Lenin, its adherence to him was near complete.

The ‘Intelligence Special Relationship’ between Britain and the United States

Jonjo Robb • Jun 15 2014 • Essays

The UK-USA relationship has stood the test of time and evolved to meet the requirements of intelligence consumers as old threats have dissipated and new threats emerged.

Snowden on Screen at SXSW: Visual Irruptions of State Self-Image

Robert Ralston • Jun 12 2014 • Essays

The Snowden leaks and their framing reveal how aesthetic irruptions can destabilize the self-image and ultimately the ontological security of the state.

The Pursuit of Strategic Stability: An OSCE-like Infrastructure For South Asia

Davis Florick • Jun 10 2014 • Essays

Modeling a multinational organization on the example of the OSCE is an ideal method for achieving improved regional security for the states in South Asia.

Should we Rebuild ‘Failed States’ or ‘Let Them Fail’?

Michael Williams • Jun 8 2014 • Essays

The practice of rebuilding ‘failed’ or ‘failing’ states is ethically problematic. It overlooks human security and is too focused on Western institutional standards.

The 1948 Genocide Convention as an ‘Increasingly Meaningless Document’?

Fleur Verbiest • Jun 5 2014 • Essays

The legal success of the Genocide Convention continues to re-establish the norm politically, albeit under misinterpretation and without effect of prevention.

The Domestic and Ideational Sources of the European Defence Community’s Defeat

Ibrahim Gabr • Jun 4 2014 • Essays

Rather than a realist explanation for France’s defeat of its own EDC proposal, we must delve into the constructivist realm of identity and historical determinism.

Why Is a Small State Like Georgia Important for the USA, the EU and Russia?

Tamta Utiashvili • Jun 4 2014 • Essays

Newcomer Georgia became an arena of confrontation between the USA, the EU and Russia due to its geostrategic location, political developments and strategic orientation.

France’s Olive Branch Strategy and the 2011 Ivoirian Crisis

Susan Poni Lado • Jun 3 2014 • Essays

As Africa diversifies its external relations, France has acted under the abode of multilateral institutions in order to advance her geostrategic imperatives.

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