Essays

Religious Foundations of Indian Territorial Imagination

Samarth Gupta • Sep 26 2022 • Essays

Despite the diversity of identities within India, the existence of the Indian nation within the boundaries of British-controlled territories of India was unquestionable.

Do Assassinations Serve Little Purpose Other than to Communicate Resolve?

Arran Kennedy • Sep 24 2022 • Essays

Assassinations do not only communicate resolve. They serve other functions, too, such as eliminating perceived threats and increasing diplomatic leverage.

At The Brink of Nuclear War: (Mis)Perceptions & The Kargil Crisis

Zin Mar Khing • Aug 23 2022 • Essays

During the Kargil crisis, while Pakistan underestimated India’s responses to its transgression, India underestimated the possibility and capability of Pakistan’s advance.

Dr. Strangelove: Deterrence as a Power of Absence

Chenglong Yin • Aug 23 2022 • Essays

Stanley Kubrick’s film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb illustrates the power of absence in the discourse of nuclear deterrence.

Is Dependency Theory Relevant in the Twenty-First Century?

Olusola Samuel Oyetunde • Aug 17 2022 • Essays

Dependency theory explains the inability of Global South countries to take ownership of their national development, supported by a case study in IMF-Nigeria relations.

Statehood in Modern International Community: Kosovo, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia

Daniele Stracquadanio • Aug 15 2022 • Essays

Comparative analysis highlighted how the support of Great Powers with strong alliance-building capacities is a key element to exert statehood in the international arena.

Ideology and Economic Policy in European Social Democracy c.1890-2010

Daniel Esson • Aug 11 2022 • Essays

Analysis of Swedish, German and British socialist parties reveals how tradition of social democracy has been evolving due to changing circumstances.

North Korean Female Defectors in China: Human Trafficking and Exploitation

Kristin Hynes • Aug 9 2022 • Essays

Already in a vulnerable position, North Korean defectors, particularly women, are susceptible to human trafficking. Chinese policy can tackle or enhance this issue.

The Sky is Not the Limit: The Billionaires’ Space Race Read Through Buen Vivir

Heloísa Traiano • Aug 8 2022 • Essays

The billionaire’s space race is critiqued as being exclusionary and individualistic (resulting from Western subjectivities) with the ethical framework of Buen Vivir.

Beyond Agent vs. Instrument: The Neo-Coloniality of Drones in Contemporary Warfare

Niklas Balbon • Aug 3 2022 • Essays

Are drones instruments or drivers of neocolonialism? Maybe both. Drone warfare gives its wielders means to project “necropower”, but it also reshapes of norms on warfare.

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