Shared Stewardship: A Solomonic Solution to the South China Sea Conflict
The Biblical story of King Solomon and the two mothers can serve as a metaphorical tool to conceive a possible way out of the South China Sea impasse.
International Society in Theory and Practice
The humanitarian intervention taking place in Iraq/Syria is demonstrative of a cosmopolitan understanding of human rights and norms within the international community.
Is the Global Governance of International Migration Feasible and Desirable?
An urgent need exists to identify the shortcomings of the current institutionalised framework of the GGIM and involve states to strengthen these institutions.
Is Recent Asylum Migration Threatening Europe?
Asylum seekers in the collective unconscious are perceived as a threat as numerous social and political platforms may push nationalist and sometimes, racist sentiments.
The Spratly Islands Dispute – A Discourse Analysis
A constructivist approach through discourse analysis as described by Lene Hansen highlights essential and previously neglected dynamics of the Spratly Islands dispute.
On the Possibility of Nuclear Disarmament
While nuclear disarmament is a technical possibility, the deterrence logic behind such weapons makes their relinquishment a near impossibility.
Current Space Law Limitations and Its Implications on Outer Space Conflicts
This is an exciting time for the entirety of human civilization, it is important for all parties in the planning of the forthcoming human expansion into outer space.
The Status of the Responsibility to Protect Norm in International Relations
Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is worryingly tenuous, but there is the potential for it to develop into a robust international norm.
Providing Security? Border Control and the Politics of Migration in the EU
Depicting how certain assumptions are constructed, constructivism is useful to unveil that the security threat of migration is socially produced.
A Poststructuralist Perspective on R2P as a Response to Kofi Annan’s Question
Addressing Kofi Annan’s question in traditional Liberal terms is but one way, of many, to phrase the Responsibility to Protect debate.
