The Evolving Normative Context and IDPs: An Application of R2P?
The Responsibility to Protect is said to ‘hold the potential to unblock and unlock persistent gaps in the protection of IDPs’. But the political as well as practical obstacles characterizing the international system are too important for IDPs to look at this concept for their protection.
Can We Simply “Add Gender” To Other International Relations Theories?
Feminist understandings cannot be viewed as mere supplements to the more classical paradigms because of the epistemological and ontological variations at work.
Islam and Immigration in French Society
Despite the rising attention from politicians and the media, Islam is not a threat to French society. Rather, Islam is but one of several prominent religions in France and one that is contributing to the ever-changing French culture.
Turning “Fortress Europe” Inside Out: Bordering Practices and the EU’s External Border
The external border of the EU has become dispersed within and beyond its territory, blurring the territorial scope of sovereign prerogatives.
1946: A Year of Ideological Preconceptions
The view that the Truman administration took in the lead up to, and during, the critical year of 1946 consequently affected the government’s actions when dealing with the Soviet Union.
Why Intervention in Libya was Justified
This essay attempts to make the case for military force applied to humanitarian intervention by observing the unique case of the Libyan Revolution of 2011.
What makes a successful sanctions regime?
This essay explores the partial “success” of sanctions in Libya and their “failure” in the case of North Korea, before looking at the issue of integrative complexity and the current sanctions regime in Iran.
Why Have Far-right Parties Been More Successful in Some States Than Others?
From Hungary to Norway, far-right parties have made electoral gains across Europe; quadrupling their average share of the vote in recent decades
The Differences Between Classical Realism and Neo Realism
This essay highlights the main differences between the two paradigms of Classical and Neo Realism, and counters Waltz’s claim that his theory is able to explain ‘certain big and important things’.
Is Clausewitzian Thought Really Timeless as Some Have Claimed?
One should not attempt to apply Clausewitz’s individual theses word for word to a modern-day context, but if we succeed in finding fresh angles from which to approach the text, we can still appreciate the applicability of his methods.
