Iran’s nuclear posture: defensively viable or offensively radical? A defensive realist approach tells the story of a vulnerable country in an increasingly threatening neighbourhood.
India and Pakistan’s differing political trajectories are not due to individual factors such as religion but a blend: history, identity, leadership, security, and international actors.
The ascension of the far-right has, indeed, given the neo-liberal western democracies of Europe a stark wake-up call, with radical street movements becoming steadily more popular.
Web 2.0 is not a passive instrument simply imparting information but has become a new means of communication, revolutionising the social interactions of individuals.
Because children play an important role in armed conflict, the question remains whether children conscript by their free will, by an overpowering adult, or by social conditions.
The Asean-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement is a good case study for the Government of New Zealand’s view on bilateral and regional free trade agreements.
Rather than redefining traditional notions of security to encompass the environment, the link between environmental change and vulnerability to conflict must be examined.
Social glasnost may encapsulate the increasing sweeping changes, specifically the Arab Spring, Occupy Movements, and Kony 2012, brought by anyone with an Internet or a mobile signal.
The Irish Defence Forces creates soldiers by replacing individuality with an identity that embodies the Irish masculine ideal of being emotionally void, heterosexual, and strong.
Although many scholars blame China’s PLAN for the militarization of the South China Sea, upon further look at their arguments, in reality, they have only overblown the situation.
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