Essays

Differences in Patterns During the Yugoslav Wars

Alexander Langer • Dec 1 2012 • Essays

The Yugoslav Wars were a tragedy, yet parts of Yugoslavia had different experiences. Slovenia’s secession was relatively bloodless, Croatia’s was violent, and Bosnia’s secession was even more so.

The Role of Ideology and Interest in Stalin’s Engagement with China

Fan Zhang • Nov 30 2012 • Essays

On February 11, 1945, Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill, then in conclave at Yalta, signed an agreement for disposing of Far Eastern questions.

Neo-Functionalism and the European Union

Thomas M. Dunn • Nov 28 2012 • Essays

Neo-functionalism occupied a core role in the formation of the European Union. Furthermore, the process of neo-functionalism will likely continue into the future, leading to further European integration.

Trade and Health: The Contentious Issue of Counterfeit Medicines

Petalla Timo • Nov 28 2012 • Essays

In global health governance, no issue is completely free from conflict of interests, and no matter how technical the WHO is, it is an organization undeniably embedded in politics.

Do Constitutions Fail Because They Are Both Made And Unmade By Men?

Sophia Gore • Nov 28 2012 • Essays

It seems that despite the fact that constitutions are often unstable at times of civil unrest, they are equally valuable in maintaining continuity and structuring society.

Sri Lanka, Ethnic Conflict, and the Rise of a Violent Secessionist Movement

Declan OBriain • Nov 28 2012 • Essays

Why did the peaceful Tamil minority eventually became a violent secessionist group dedicated to the goal of establishing Tamil Eelam homeland?

How Do Terrorist Groups Emerge?

anon • Nov 27 2012 • Essays

State repression heightens the sense of antagonism between certain political actors, ultimately culminating in a vision of the status quo as a state of war.

The 1982 Lebanon War was Israel’s Vietnam

Caitlin Smith • Nov 27 2012 • Essays

Due to factors like nation size, proximity of threats, and regional instability, the legacy of Lebanon for Israel was perhaps more profound than the Vietnam legacy was for the US.

The Impact of European Colonialism on the Indian Caste System

Ben Heath • Nov 26 2012 • Essays

The caste system during European colonialism was not invented by Europeans. It was, however, adapted and exploited by British colonials throughout their occupation of India.

Relationship Advice: The International, The State, The Local, And Why They Just Can’t Seem To Make It Work

Catherine T Serex • Nov 25 2012 • Essays

What the international community needs is a dose of reality and a bit of retrospection by re-evaluating failed endeavors in peace and statebuilding.

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