Threatening Engagement: Regional Hegemons and Terrorist Groups
Counter-terrorism tends to be employed in case of a threat to regional hegemon’s economic capabilities, allies or geopolitical interests.
North Korean Female Defectors in China: Human Trafficking and Exploitation
Already in a vulnerable position, North Korean defectors, particularly women, are susceptible to human trafficking. Chinese policy can tackle or enhance this issue.
Beyond Good and Evil: The Sources of US Strategy in Post-Invasion Afghanistan
Post-9/11 anxieties and post-invasion hubris among top US decision-makers led to a forceful yet open-ended mission with lofty and vague objectives.
Deconstructing Narco-Terrorism in Failed States: Afghanistan and Colombia
The essay establishes the causational relation, or the lack thereof, between failed states and narco-terrorism; re-framing narco-terrorism’s ontology, and epistemology.
Outsourcing Security at Sea: Constructivism and Private Maritime Security Companies
Constructivism effectively explains the return and use of armed private security companies in the maritime domain.
Transforming Global Food Systems: Centering Indigenous Land Returns
Greater land returns to Indigenous people and recognition of Indigenous sovereignty can address the worsening global food insecurity crises.
Piracy in the Southern Gulf of Mexico: Upcoming Piracy Cluster or Outlier?
The evolving situation in the Southern Gulf of Mexico raises the question if the area has potential to become a piracy hotspot to the likes of the Gulf of Aden or Gulf of Guinea.
Gramscian Notions: Helpful for Research into Digital and Tech Corporations?
Analysing Big Tech as a transnational capitalist class, Gramscian thought provides an outlook on possible avenues of governance of the digital sphere.
Why Does Big Tech Stay Headquartered In The US?
Big Tech centres its corporate power in the US to influence the American government into advancing its interests domestically and internationally.
What Does Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s Death Mean for the Future of ISIS?
The death of the ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was an important symbolic loss, but will not determine the future and power of the group.
