The Tension Between National Energy Sovereignty and Intra-European Solidarity
Diverging energy dependency and bilateral agreements between the EU’s member states and Russia hinder its ability to project foreign energy policy as a unified body.
The Mediator’s Trap: Dayton’s Cultural Negligence for a Culture of Peace
Incorporating socio-cultural dimensions is essential to stimulate tacit reconciliation in deep-rooted identity conflicts such as in Bosnia.
Failed States and Terrorism: Engaging the Conventional Wisdom
Failing states present favorable conditions for the settlement of terrorist groups but do not necessarily entail a casual link with terrorism.
Pinkwashing the Occupation: Narratives of Interracial Gay Relations in Israeli Film
Palestinian-Israeli gay relations depicted in Israeli cinema serve to pinkwash, or use liberal queer ideology, to diminish the violent occupation of Palestine.
Bargaining for Protection – the Case of Climate Refugees
The lack of an international consensus on climate refugees and the power of humanitarian aid determine the status and movement of such refugees across states.
The BRICS Bloc: A Pound-for-Pound Challenger to Western Dominance?
Backed by economic advancement and the rise of China, the collective power of BRICS and its regional influence could grow to challenge Western domination in the future.
The Race for the Arctic: A Neorealist Case Study of Russia and the United States
The Arctic is open for business. This paper evaluates the behavior of Arctic states, specially the US and Russia, in an era of newly emerging opportunities and threats.
Fighting over War: Change and Continuity in the Nature and Character of War
With the recent incorporation of different forms of political contestation into the definition of war, the division between war and peace is essentially dissolved.
A New Era of UN Peacekeeping? The Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa
The implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda via Security Council Resolution 1325 has the potential to advance gender in UN peacekeeping missions in Africa.
Rojava’s Patriarchal Liberation: Solving the Feminist Anti-Militarism Problem?
Kurdish women and feminism constitute a force of resistance against patriarchy and domination through the conjunction of democratic confederalism and military resistance.
