Essays

Beyond the Humanitarian Rhetoric of Migrant Information Campaigns

Juliette Howard • Jun 14 2021 • Essays

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

Oscar Eggleton • Jun 13 2021 • Essays

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

Lotta Rahlf • Jun 11 2021 • Essays

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

Siyin Liang • Jun 7 2021 • Essays

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

Joost Hendrik Pietschmann • Jun 6 2021 • Essays

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

Jodie Bradshaw • Jun 2 2021 • Essays

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

Alfredo Castro Moreira • May 31 2021 • Essays

Ideational factors are fundamental in most explanations of international politics, with both rationalists and constructivists referring to them frequently.

The Tension Between National Energy Sovereignty and Intra-European Solidarity

Catharina Savelkoul • May 25 2021 • Essays

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

Mauro ter Heyne • May 24 2021 • Essays

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

Luigi Paoli Puccetti • May 22 2021 • Essays

Failing states present favorable conditions for the settlement of terrorist groups but do not necessarily entail a casual link with terrorism.

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