The US Invasion of Iraq: Marxist and Defensive Realist Perspectives
While Marxism attacks the United States for its greedy intentions in invading Iraq, defensive realism explains why it invaded due to its role as the global superpower.
A Whig History of European Integration?
The inescapability of Whig history lies not in the irreversibility of the European project but in the political necessity of its narrative construction.
An Analysis of U.S. Policy Towards Cambodia Between 1969-1973
Nixon’s policy towards Cambodia was treacherous because of the political implications in Washington and the tragic consequences in Cambodia.
A Comparative Historical Study of the Development of a European Army
The historical context, political landscape, and security environments have advanced/constrained the development of a EU defense policy and potential EU army.
Assessing the Relationship between Power and Morality in Nonviolent Action
Nonviolent action can simultaneously be pragmatic in its power to achieve the desired goal and principled by being rooted initially in morality.
Responsibility to Protect and its Neo-Imperialist Implications
Any form of humanitarian intervention will seek to impose a one-sided narrative of stability and security, which are, by default, culturally and regionally not uniform.
US Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East in the 1950s
Eisenhower showed caution in his application of policy, displaying a level of understanding that only the greatest feeling of importance towards the region could explain.
A Reassessment of the Munich Agreement
The significance today of reassessing the 1938 Munich Agreement lies in the frequent uses of the terms Munich and Appeasemen” with regard to the Iranian nuclear program.
Transitional Justice in Cambodia–Too Little Too Late?
Understanding the events and interests that led up to the creation of the ECCC gives insight into the current government’s attempts to achieve legitimacy.
Putin & Russian Heritage: Russia’s Foreign Policy Identity Since Napoleon
The development of an imperial identity during the Soviet Union, plus the disruption caused by Yeltsin, shaped Russian foreign policy identity even to Putin.
