Friend or Foe? Explaining the Philippines’ China Policy in the South China Sea
Role theory explains tensions within the Philippines’ policy towards China in the South China Sea by examining contesting role conceptions in the Duterte administration.
Accepting the Unacceptable: Christian Churches and the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
The role the Christian Church played has come to represent one of heaviest failures of Christian ethics and the institutions that profess and practice its commandments.
The Impotent Man: How Constructed UK/EU Gender Identities Legitimised Brexit
The construction of the UK as an impotent man opposed to the EU as a powerful, yet feminine, Other by the Vote Leave Twitter campaign legitimised the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
A See-Saw Relationship: An Overview of Afghanistan’s Ties with India and Pakistan
Afghanistan’s foreign policy toward India has always been the antithesis of its foreign policy toward Pakistan across three governments since 1996.
Understanding Refugees Through ‘Home’ by Warsan Shire
Home forces us to contend with a larger problem – exclusion from the circle of grief based on the lack of shared norms of humanity.
Analysing the ‘Special Relationship’ between the US and UK in a Transatlantic Context
The term ‘Special Relationship’ has defined the alliance between the US and UK. Does it dominate all Transatlantic relations or is it contingent on convenience and context?
Commemorating Srebrenica: The “Inadequate” Truth of the Female Victim Experience
A meaningful reconciliation for Bosnian Muslim victims is largely contingent on the construction of a “collective memory” of Srebrenica, built on the female narrative.
The Gendered Politics Behind the International Criminal Court
The ICC’s review of gender-based crimes is fraught with biases, although the ICC has been more willing to punish offenders of mass rapes against the Rohingya in Myanmar.
Neocolonialism in J.A. Bayona’s ‘The Impossible’
The popular ‘rose tinted’ depiction of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami justifies the Global North’s neocolonial foreign aid strategies.
State Feminism and the Islamist-Secularist Binary: Women’s Rights in Tunisia
Contrary to the standard narratives promoted in the West, the coming to power of an Islamist party in Tunisia has not been detrimental to women’s rights.
