Essays

How Effective Was US Involvement in Covert Coups in Containing the USSR?

Patrick Hoveman • May 14 2015 • Essays

Coups were often effective in the short term, but their weakness lies in their long term effects – most notably via deep bitterness from states involved and blowback

Jimmy Carter’s Cold War Transition from a ‘Lamb’ to a ‘Lion’

Joanna Clarke • May 14 2015 • Essays

Carter’s fate was very much symbolic of the constraints that the Cold War had on US policymakers at a time when morals, ideals and optimism had little stock.

Global Governance of Maritime Piracy: Closing the Legal Gaps

Charlotte Carnehl • May 13 2015 • Essays

The International Contact Group on Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) is considered a successful example of global governance of maritime policy.

Humanitarian Military Intervention: Assessing the Need for Revision

Annelie Wambeek • May 12 2015 • Essays

Scholarly debates should acknowledge the existence of humanitarian intervention and shift the debate towards evaluating the required behavior during an intervention.

200 Years After the Congress of Vienna

Jochen Klinger • May 6 2015 • Essays

It can be concluded that the European society of states after the Congress of Vienna was one of increasingly intermeshing inter-state relationships and commitments.

The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Phenomenon in Canada

James Parker • May 5 2015 • Essays

Aggressive misogyny and racism towards indigenous women in Canada is a ramification of over two centuries of segregating, degrading and dehumanizing colonial projects.

The European Union’s Neighbourhood Policy in Morocco and Azerbaijan

anon • May 4 2015 • Essays

The democratisation strategy of the EU in Morocco and Azerbaijan favours the stability of existing power structures and has therefore been largely ineffective.

The Political Economy of the Cuban Reforms

Rudolf Struck • May 3 2015 • Essays

Cuba, in the midst of the recent detente between Washington and Havana, will likely continue its cautious reforms towards a mixed public-private economic system.

Ukraine Conflict: An Inflection Point of International Security

Peter J. Marzalik • May 2 2015 • Essays

The global level of analysis represents a useful framework to examine a key dimension of the Ukraine conflict: the interstate proxy struggle between Russia and the West.

A Cold War That Boils: The Origins of the Cold War in Asia

Emily Chen • Apr 27 2015 • Essays

The Asian Cold War stemmed from a 3-stage interplay of the two superpowers in the early regional conflicts.

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