Essays

The Race for the Arctic: A Neorealist Case Study of Russia and the United States

Dominik Stojkovic • May 17 2021 • Essays

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

Frederik Munch Wrist • May 15 2021 • Essays

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

anon • May 14 2021 • Essays

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?

Hedda Gudim • May 10 2021 • Essays

Kurdish women and feminism constitute a force of resistance against patriarchy and domination through the conjunction of democratic confederalism and military resistance.

Climate Debt: A Model for Indigenous Latin American Self-determination?

Danielle Santos • May 7 2021 • Essays

Latin America provides relevant context for the implications of a climate debt scheme given its high levels of foreign debt and significant export of natural resources.

The Potential Impact of Cyber Capabilities on Future Strategy

Nitin Menon • May 5 2021 • Essays

The elaboration of future strategies requires the analysis of long-held beliefs of what is violence, and what is war in this new cyber era.

Human vs. Feminist Security Approaches to Human Trafficking in the Mediterranean

Erin Grace Hogan • May 5 2021 • Essays

While a human security approach to combat human trafficking has gained support, a feminist security approach is required to fully protect victims of human trafficking.

Pluralist Diplomatic Relations: COVID-19 & the English School’s International Society

Charles Baister • May 5 2021 • Essays

The COVID-19 pandemic has subjected solidarist order to pluralist transformation by stripping international summits of their performative role in diplomacy.

From Bandung to R2P: Non-Western Contributions to Modern Sovereignty

Emil Sondaj Hansen • May 4 2021 • Essays

Contributions of non-Western states challenge narratives about the natural expansion of international society or the construction of a solely Western global order.

On African Sources of Knowledge: Studies into the Instrumentality of Ubuntu for IR

Joffrey Doma • May 3 2021 • Essays

Integrating the theoretical framework of the philosophy of “Ubuntu,” originating from South Africa, has the potential to be an instrumental force in IR.

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