Foreign Policy

To What Extent Is ‘Great Power Competition’ A Threat to Global Security?

Cormac Smith • May 4 2022 • Essays

The maintenance of US hegemony versus Russia and China contributes significantly to the state of global security: a loss of position would likely have a negative impact.

China’s ‘World-Class’ Military Modernisation

Ian Seow Cheng Wei • Apr 22 2022 • Essays

China’s military modernisation and restructuring is a complex endeavour involving personalities, domestic politics, foreign relations and the economy.

GDPR as a Global Standards? Brussels’ Instrument of Policy Diffusion

Marco Luisi • Apr 9 2022 • Essays

This research argues that the regulatory instrument deployed by the EU, the GDPR, does influence the behaviors of foreign companies and governments as well.

Australia: International Agreements as Obligation in the Case of Climate Change

Chris Fitzgerald • Mar 20 2022 • Essays

The high-emitting state of Australia has obligations considering its international agreements: especially vis-à-vis its vulnerable Pacific Island state neighbours.

Securitisation, China and FDI: The EU’s Foreign Direct Investment Screening Regulation

Talisha Schilder • Mar 15 2022 • Essays

This essay argues that the EU established a tight framework for Foreign Direct Investment screening to securitise Chinese FDI in Europe.

CPEC: An Assessment of Its Socio-economic Impact on Pakistan

Ashmita Rana • Mar 10 2022 • Essays

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has been underwhelming, plagued by shortcomings in the project itself and from the nature of governance and politics in Pakistan.

To Reform the World or to Close the System? International Law and World-making

Emil Sondaj Hansen • Feb 20 2022 • Essays

A comparative investigation of two scholarly works on the development of international law in its context of the international system.

Neorealism: Internal Debates and Relevance to Space Militarisation

Joshua James Hudson • Feb 10 2022 • Essays

This essay explores the contention of neorealism with other strands of realist thinking, as well as applies neorealism to explain the continuing space militarisation.

NATO and Russia: A Defensive Expansion?

Julian Izzo • Jan 31 2022 • Essays

An exclusive NATO expansion created lopsided gains, violating the strategic balance between Russia and the West.

North Korea’s Withdrawal from the NPT: Neorealism and Selectorate Theory

Su Bai • Jan 27 2022 • Essays

Both neorealism and the selectorate theory show that North Korea’s demand for nuclear weapons strongly correlates with a large US military presence in East Asia.

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