Essays

Thailand’s Struggle for Freedom of Expression in Cyberspace

Tim Yu • Jul 21 2013 • Essays

The combined enforcement of lèse-majesté provisions in the Thai Criminal Code and the Computer Crimes Act threatens the freedom of expression and communication in Thailand.

Are Women’s Rights Human Rights?

Rosie Walters • Jul 20 2013 • Essays

A non-feminist approach to women’s human rights sees them as separate from or secondary to other human rights concerns, and does not take women’s lives and experiences into account.

A Social Constructivist Perspective of the Asia-Europe Meeting

Ricarda Scheele • Jul 20 2013 • Essays

In the international arena ASEM remains unprecedented, and its added value clearly lies in its role as a regional integrator for Europe and Asia. Only through the constructivist lens can this be seen.

Customary Morality: First-Best Principles for Immigration Policies

Leonardo Quattrucci • Jul 20 2013 • Essays

States must evaluate immigrants’ claims, backgrounds, and relationship with the rights of the insiders and design their immigration policies as reflections of their constitutional values.

The Delegitimizing Power of the ‘Terrorism’ Label

Anais Chagankerian • Jul 18 2013 • Essays

The terrorism label is a powerful means to reach political goals, because of the emotional impact it has on audiences and the memories it provokes from past instances of violence.

EU CAP: An Indispensable Policy for the EU?

Anne Konrad • Jul 16 2013 • Essays

Although the major debates focus on EU’s future, the fact that the EU’s CAP consumes a vast share of the EU budget, makes farming in the EU a controversial issue calling for attention.

Protecting Internally Displaced Persons in India

Tanushree Rao • Jul 15 2013 • Essays

Due to the lack of a national framework for the protection of IDPs, Indian state governments’ responses to such needs are weak, unsatisfactory and dependent on political agendas.

The Pot Boils Over: Egypt’s Ongoing Arab Spring

David Ernenwein • Jul 14 2013 • Essays

As the political factions wrangle for power, the future of the Egyptian Revolution relies on the army remaining aloof, choosing to keep the country at peace rather than seeking political power.

U.S. National Security and Climate Change

Bela Romer • Jul 13 2013 • Essays

The report, “An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for US National Security,” attempts to predict future climate change possibilities, but is flawed.

Famine and Undernutrition as Security Issues

James Cole • Jul 12 2013 • Essays

Human security is a useful way to study food insecurity, as it moves away from an exclusive focus on the state, whose security does not equate with the security of the individual.

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