State Failure or State Formation? Neopatrimonialism and Its Limitations in Africa
Value-laden concepts like Neo-Patrimonialism and State Failure used to describe African States should be replaced with a framework that emphasizes state formation.
Xinjiang: A New Arena for Sports Activism?
In China sports activism differs because athletes criticizing political and social issues in China have garnered economic and societal reactions not seen elsewhere.
The SolarWinds Attack and Its Lessons
The increase in sophisticated cyber-attacks like SolarWinds requires a change in the traditional security paradigm by increasing the priority of cyber-security.
Beyond the Humanitarian Rhetoric of Migrant Information Campaigns
By framing migration negatively, migrant information campaigns aim to change migrants’ perceptions to deter them from leaving in the first place.
Interregionalism Matters: Why ASEAN Is the Key to EU Strategic Autonomy
Powerful regional organisations will be vital to ensuring that third powers retain their autonomy and do not become beholden to the interests of superpowers.
Is the Nature of War Changing? Time to Avoid a Supposedly Unavoidable Question
Contemporary thinking on war relies on Westphalian-Clausewitzian ideas. A re-conceptualization is needed to abandon this frame and its interventionist polices.
Canadian Television Sitcom as a Site of Public Pedagogy
Media has the power to challenge cultural consumers’ assumptions about structural power relations through informal learning.
Filling the Gap: The Moral Purpose of the State and the Duty to Intervene
A constructivist understanding of human rights explains sovereignty as a state’s responsibility to protect its citizens and leads to a duty to intervene internationally.
Exploring Stratification Economics’ Neglect of Intersectionality
This essay challenges the assumption that identities are fixed, linking gendered and racial binaries to the economic development of Australia with a postcolonial lens.
IR Theory and The Ontological Depth of the Material-Ideational Debate
Ideational factors are fundamental in most explanations of international politics, with both rationalists and constructivists referring to them frequently.
