Who Were the Major Victors and Losers in the Iraq War?
The Iraq War presented opportunities for several groups to thrive while others endured a terrible plight. A nuanced appreciation of these issues is necessary.
The Return of the Radical Right
After its ideological bankruptcy post-1945, the far right seems to have made a come-back across various European countries during the past three decades.
Mission Impossible: Establishing a Consensus in a Pluralist Democratic Society
Rousseau and Rawls attempt to solve the elusive mystery of consensus in the pluralist environment of ancient and contemporary systems of democracy.
The American Fall
The latest Global Financial Crisis that occurred in August 2007 in the United States is seen as one of the most devastating financial crises since the implementation of Neo-liberal economic policies.
Is Liberal Interventionism Dead?
Liberal interventionism is a dying trend due to two main factors. Firstly, due to the emerging norm of human rights over sovereignty, and secondly via the the realization of the extreme costs involved in intervention – both financial and geopolitical.
Sunni-Shia Tensions in the Iran-Iraq War
Sunni- Shi’ite tensions came to a head following the revolution in Iran that sought to spread its message, threatening the domestic security of the Sunni Baath party.
Were SAPs Designed to Keep Africa Economically Subservient to the West?
Structural adjustment programmes upheld the theoretical concepts of neo-liberal economics, tied with the underlying notion that markets are inherently greater in the distribution of resources and in solving development problems.
Rousseau: Conjectural History and the Political Theory of Organic State
Rousseau’s entire socio-political philosophy resembles a form of policy analysis of the discontents of human civilization and socialization, designed to discover a remedy for our ‘miseries’.
Exploring the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers
The use of child soldiers will persist as long as the societies within which they operate do not have any conceptual, moral or ethical problems of doing so.
Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
Iran has no intentions of stopping its nuclear program in the short term. To deal with this problem, the international community must establish a united strategy and overcome inherent divisions.
