In states of exception, security objectives often negate human rights, but a human-rights compliant security approach can lead to better outcomes for public safety.
While the modes and actors of war have evolved in a post-Cold War world, the critical military objectives of war Hans Speier first identified have remained the same.
In the Sri Lankan civil war, Tamil women are motivated to join the LTTE due to the suffering caused by state repression – not as simple victims or emancipatory agents.
Applying different theories of international relations, we can explore the differences that might emerge in a political system on human-settled Mars compared to that on Earth.
History has shown that the process of European integration is not simple. It is a mixture of ebbs and flows related to perceptions of political and military threats.
This study of MENA representation in Hollywood (2001-2008) finds foreign-accented English and multilingualism were most often associated with negative motivations.
Resisting exclusionary practices of the UK’s counter-terror strategy, Prevent, is key to destabilising its white supremacist state power and racist logics.
China has strengthened its foothold in the Middle East in the 21st century by improving economic and diplomatic relations with the region in pursuit of a number of policy objectives.
Looking to Iraq as an example, Afghanistan should be wary of formalizing consociational arrangements as the Taliban reintegrate into Afghan society.
Intervention and sovereignty are both important and contradictory components of the international system. Yet despite principles of state sovereignty, international state interventions remain prevalent.
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