The ‘Chilling Effect’: Are Journalistic Sources Afforded Legal Protection?
Because the United Kingdom’s journalistic protections fall short of the European Convention on Human Rights, whistleblowers may be deterred from disclosing information.
Constraints On Rape As a Weapon of War: A Feminist and Post-Colonial Revision
Rape as a weapon of war is deeply constrained by mainstream IR analyses, so to re-conceptualize the concept feminist, post-colonial and decolonial theories are needed.
UN Intervention: Help or Hindrance in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
The UN’s attempts to maintain the peace process in eastern Congo proved mainly ineffective because it failed to identify and engage with key spoilers.
Van Beersum Affair: The Right to Participate in the Parliament of the Streets
Because of the principle of territorial sovereignty, every sovereign state possesses the power to exclude non-citizens from participating in political affairs.
Weaponized Artificial Intelligence & Stagnation in the CCW: A North-South Divide
The stagnation of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons stems from the discrepancy in technological development between the Global North and Global South.
Cycling into Norway – Borders as Creative, Contested Controversies
Security studies should view borders as “contested moments” to better highlight the complexity of their securitization and the subjectivity of migrants.
Is Humanitarianism Merely a New Name for Old Forms of Violence and Domination?
While humanitarianism has been undermined by political and state interests, positive elements of the core idea still exist and should not be overlooked.
A Rules-Based System? Compliance and Obligation in International Law
This student essay draws on constructivist epistemology to explore the conditions of state compliance in international law.
Gendered Perspectives and Nuclear Disarmament
The inclusion of gendered perspectives in security issues is essential and may even provide an impetus for total nuclear disarmament.
Selective Justice and Persecution? The African View of the ICC-UNSC Relationship
Despite evidence to the contrary, the relationship between the ICC and the UN Security Council is perceived to be discriminatory toward Africa.
