The Implications of Statelessness on the Politics of Protection
By ensuring that a person is entitled to the nationality where he is most linked, an individual is more likely to be able to effectively access the rights which are bestowed upon him.
Theoretically Justifying Human Rights: A Critical Analysis
Human rights are inherently paradoxical and changeable. In this respect, there is a need to rethink human rights based on difference, rather than sameness.
Energy Sector FDI in Azerbaijan: An Example of Good Governance?
Natural resources in Azerbaijan attract significant FDI, but dependence on oil-sector revenues does not always suggest good governance.
The Syrian Crystal Ball and the Unfolding of EU-Turkey Relations
In spite of a lack of crisis management on the part of Turkish and EU officials, there remains practical potential for Turkish-EU cooperation in Syria.
Women in the Arab World: A Case of Religion or Culture?
Religion, culture and politics are historically interdependent influences, constantly reimagined and reconstituted throughout history, that shape the space that women occupy.
The Workers’ Party and Democratisation in Brazil
Whilst its programmes have not been comprehensively successful, The Worker’s Party has been a largely democratising force in what is a continuous, evolutionary process.
Adam Smith and the Economic Model of State-Individual Relation: Design, Impact, Prevalence
Adam Smith’s greatest social and economic legacy lies in his theory’s contribution to the development of the fundamental civilizational factors that formed the modern West.
Constructing Responsibility: Sovereignty and Intervention in the Wake of Libya
If states act according to self-interest and material capacity, as the dominant paradigm suggests, why do values and common humanity even matter?
Beware the Utopians
How can we set limits to state sovereignty and power without lapsing into a form of utopianism, directed towards an end point, that entails the paternalistic and imperialistic policies of cosmopolitanism?
What are the Political Causes of Failed States in Sub-Saharan Africa?
The causes of Africa’s failed states must be researched within those states. External relations of dependency and neocolonialism have aggravated their situation but are not the main causes.
