Essays

Why China Should Re-Strategize its Wolf Warrior Diplomacy

David (Trace) Held III • Jan 12 2021 • Essays

To safeguard against repeating the ‘Century of Humiliation’ replete with domestic turmoil and Western bullying, China must cultivate new tactics in redirecting nationalism and reframing legitimacy.

Are We at War? The Politics of Securitizing the Coronavirus

India Wright • Jan 10 2021 • Essays

Amidst calls for solidarity, referring to COVID-19 as a war decreases the potential for a coordinated global effort in responding to the challenges the pandemic poses.

Interpreting Mainstream and Alternative Media Accounts of Hong Kong’s 2019 Protests

Oliver Clark • Jan 9 2021 • Essays

An approach that rejects the binary opposition logic of media organisations will help observers to develop convictions that are least-influenced by the ideological agendas of others.

An Outdated Debate? Neorealism’s Limitations and the Wisdom of Classical Realism

Ioannis Alexandris • Jan 5 2021 • Essays

Classical Realism proves superior to Neorealism by including the interplay between morality and power alongside that of agency and structure.

The Sound of the Egyptian Subaltern in 2011 Revolutionary Protest Songs

Lujain Al-Meligy • Jan 1 2021 • Essays

The analysis of music broadens the scope of Subaltern Studies within International Relations by revealing new voices and insights.

Challenging Historical and Contemporary Notions of Blackness in British Writing

Alena Sahota • Dec 31 2020 • Essays

The idea of Blackness has been constantly challenged and revised by Black authors through the presentation of their own life narratives.

Everyday (In)Security: An Autoethnography of Student Life in the UK

anon • Dec 31 2020 • Essays

An undergraduate education has largely ceased to be one of ontological discovery and has instead become a process of enforcing neoliberal logic on students.

Rehabilitating Realism Through Mohammed Ayoob’s “Subaltern Realism” Theory

Rob Gray • Dec 23 2020 • Essays

Subaltern Realism provides a perspective that explains state action and state conflict across a broader universe of cases, going beyond Neorealism’s limitations.

Virtual Invasion: ‘Just War’ and Orientalism in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Felix Hulse • Dec 17 2020 • Essays

The latest game in the Call of Duty franchise is shown to rely on Orientalist caricatures, skewed perceptions of violence, and a narrative of ‘Western’ righteousness.

Offensively Realist? Evaluating Trump’s Economic Policy Towards China

Steph Coulter • Dec 9 2020 • Essays

Donald Trump’s economic policy towards China cannot be considered realist if one uses an analytical framework based on offensive realism.

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