Identity Politics

Balancing the Rights of Sovereign States With Those of Secessionist Movements

Matthew Richmond • Oct 26 2014 • Essays

For secession, the balance of rights, despite a shift towards a more ‘liberal’ international law in recent years, should remain in the favour of (just) sovereign states.

Is Pacific Asia Returning to Sinocentrism?

Bard Nikolas Vik Steen • Sep 14 2014 • Essays

Although Pacific Asia seems to be progressing toward Sinocentrism, it is unlikely to return to such a state.

Marine Le Pen and the Populist Radical Right

Matthew Broadbent • Aug 26 2014 • Essays

Le Pen has effectively established an unbreakable rapport with her electorate to evolve a radical-right party on the fringes into a mainstream electoral menace.

The Construction of Immigration in Italian Media

Giulia Matassa • Aug 25 2014 • Essays

The framing of immigration in Italian media takes a security, military or economic shape. This problematically ‘others’ & delegitimises those immigrants.

In What Ways Can Neo-liberalism Be Classified as Utopian Politics?

Min Goo Lee • Aug 25 2014 • Essays

Neo-liberalism in the self-proclaimed guise of an eutopia allows violence against other utopias, thus validating the very concerns espoused by classical liberal scholars.

Does the State Always Precede the Nation in the Middle East & North Africa?

Julian Modiano • Aug 14 2014 • Essays

Taking Turkey and Egypt as two conflicting examples, the issue of whether the state precedes the nation is illuminated in its multi-varied and complex nature.

Non-Western Perspectives on Constitutional Supremacy

Sheena Singh • Aug 8 2014 • Essays

Greater flexibility, vulnerability, and uncertainty differentiate constitutional supremacy in non-Western countries such as Turkey and India from Western nations.

The Arab Uprisings, Globalisation and Postmodernity

Ueli Staeger • Aug 5 2014 • Essays

The profane demands of Arab postmodernity did not reject the general idea of modernisation; they safeguarded a universal sense of amelioration and emancipation.

American Exceptionalism: Exemplifying Patriotism and Justifying Imperialism

Caleb Spencer • Aug 1 2014 • Essays

American exceptionalism exemplifies the patriotic essence of the American people, but it has also proven problematic for the conduct of sound American foreign policy.

Victim-Politics and Post-Conflict Foreign Policy in Rwanda and Sri Lanka

Kithmina Hewage • Jul 24 2014 • Essays

Sri Lanka and Rwanda elicit a sense of victimhood upon which their respective foreign policies have been built.

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