Decolonisation and Violence: What It Takes to Decolonise IR
This essay seeks to understand what is envisioned for decolonizing IR. What does it take to realise this vision? Is it necessarily violent?
GDPR as a Global Standards? Brussels’ Instrument of Policy Diffusion
This research argues that the regulatory instrument deployed by the EU, the GDPR, does influence the behaviors of foreign companies and governments as well.
Why Is Identity Politics Failing to Curb Social Injustice?
Why is identity politics failing? This essay examines the shortcomings of identity politics within caste-based politics in India and racial politics in the U.S.
The Islamic State’s Guidelines on Sexual Slavery: the Case of the Yazidis
The way ISIS rationalised its sexual slavery points to a transcendent and distinctive pattern of violence insufficiently explained by any of the existing theories.
Australia: International Agreements as Obligation in the Case of Climate Change
The high-emitting state of Australia has obligations considering its international agreements: especially vis-à-vis its vulnerable Pacific Island state neighbours.
Migration in the European Union: Mirroring American and Australian Policies
The European Union has abandoned its perceived humanitarian values to pursue a ‘state security’ ideology. The result? New policies make refugees increasingly unwelcome.
Securitisation, China and FDI: The EU’s Foreign Direct Investment Screening Regulation
This essay argues that the EU established a tight framework for Foreign Direct Investment screening to securitise Chinese FDI in Europe.
CPEC: An Assessment of Its Socio-economic Impact on Pakistan
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has been underwhelming, plagued by shortcomings in the project itself and from the nature of governance and politics in Pakistan.
Eligibilizing Certain Populations: Hindutva Politics Of UP Population Bill 2021
The 2021 UP Population Bill enables the UP state to consolidate focus on Hindutva politics that deploys aggressive policing of women and their reproductive capacities.
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.
