Media has the power to challenge cultural consumers’ assumptions about structural power relations through informal learning.
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.
This essay challenges the assumption that identities are fixed, linking gendered and racial binaries to the economic development of Australia with a postcolonial lens.
Ideational factors are fundamental in most explanations of international politics, with both rationalists and constructivists referring to them frequently.
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.
Incorporating socio-cultural dimensions is essential to stimulate tacit reconciliation in deep-rooted identity conflicts such as in Bosnia.
Failing states present favorable conditions for the settlement of terrorist groups but do not necessarily entail a casual link with terrorism.
Palestinian-Israeli gay relations depicted in Israeli cinema serve to pinkwash, or use liberal queer ideology, to diminish the violent occupation of Palestine.
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.
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.
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