Essays

On Reagan’s Legacy: A Comparison with Trump and Biden

Rob May • Jan 23 2022 • Essays

In considering approaches to avert conflict, it may be useful to assess the legacy of President Ronald Reagan, whose administration stewarded the end of the first cold war.

How Effective is Terrorism in Exerting Political Influence: The Case of Hamas?

Aidan Lecky • Jan 16 2022 • Essays

Terrorism as a tool to achieve political influence can be effective in short-term, but ineffective for long-term goals.

Police Brutality Against Voters? The 2017 Catalan Independence Referendum

Marlena Mazura • Jan 12 2022 • Essays

The essay examines alleged policy brutality accusations during the Catalan independence referendum in 2017.

The European Quality of Government Index: A Critical Analysis

Luc Aboubadra • Jan 10 2022 • Essays

The original approach taken by the Quality of Governance Index in measuring public corruption has allowed for strong advances in the framing and understanding of such.

Performances of Justice? Interrogating Post-genocide Adjudication

Natalia Mrowczynska • Jan 10 2022 • Essays

Grassroots justice schemes are better equipped to deliver justice in the aftermath of genocide than top-down state-led adjudication mechanisms.

Bananas and Oranges of Christmas Past: Subject Formation under (Post)Socialism

Maria Persu • Dec 22 2021 • Essays

How may fruit consumption practices relate to ‘Romanian’ (post)socialist subject formation? Maria examines such facets of European consumer culture to elucidate power/resistance in the everyday.

From Environmental Scarcity to ‘Rage of the Rich’ – Causes of Conflict in Mali

Sarah M. El-Abd • Dec 21 2021 • Essays

Through a focus on historical and contemporary causes of conflict in Mali since the 1960s, it is better understood how it came about and what is keeping it alive today.

Prestige Aid: The Case of Turkey

Henok Gebremedhin Teka • Dec 21 2021 • Essays

The study of foreign aid is one of the most contested topics in IR. For Turkey, it is argued that prestige has been the centerpiece of its aid policy since the 1990s.

The Non-Politics of the Responsibility to Protect Through a Securitisation Lens

Thomas Pritchard • Dec 17 2021 • Essays

For Libya, a revised securitisation framework categorises R2P as a pragmatic securitisation act-type, where non-political language justifies military action.

Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge: U.S. Arms Transfer Policy

Patrick Scott • Dec 13 2021 • Essays

The U.S. policy aimed at securing and maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge aims to promote Israeli security in a historically hostile region for Israel.

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