Essays

‘Illegal Criminals Invading’: Securitising Asylum-Seekers in Australia and the US

anon • Sep 12 2020 • Essays

Securitizing asylum-seeking disregards international refugee and human rights law while also leading to the inhumane treatment of those fleeing from persecution.

AMLO: Populist, or Man of the People?

Duke Mwedzi • Sep 7 2020 • Essays

While Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is often labeled as a populist, his agenda and practices are more nuanced, leading to an “entry-level” populist style.

Out of the Dark: Civil Society in the Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty

Meredith Warren • Sep 3 2020 • Essays

The international campaign to abolish the death penalty highlights the “boomerang” model’s broad saliency in explaining the strategies of transnational networks.

China’s Instrument or Europe’s Influence? Safeguard Policies in the AIIB

Patricia Sophia Wild • Sep 1 2020 • Essays

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has implemented safeguard policies that rival those of the World Bank Group. How can existing IR theory explain this?

How Should the International Criminal Court Be Assessed?

Simon Hilditch • Aug 27 2020 • Essays

The most appropriate way to evaluate the success or failure of the ICC is to apply comparative case study methods to critique based in pragmatism.

Politics of Continuity and US Foreign Policy Failure in Central Asia

Saud Hassan • Aug 26 2020 • Essays

The US has failed to materialize its aspired goals in the Central Asia region largely due to a common set of policies, characterized by the exhibition of ‘disinterest’.

On Memes and Men: How Gendered Memes Influenced Trump’s 2016 Election Legitimacy

Sofia Romansky • Aug 26 2020 • Essays

Gendered memes aided Trump’s election by representing him as a hyper-masculine leader, granting him authoritative power and reinforcing his positive political identity.

US Counter-Terrorism and Right-Wing Fundamentalism

James Greenhalgh • Aug 26 2020 • Essays

The US counter-terrorism strategy must include right-wing fundamentalism and not purely focus on Islamic radicalisation.

Restorative Justice as a Response to Atrocity: Profound or Merely Pragmatic?

Grace Yeo • Aug 25 2020 • Essays

The pragmatism and profundity of restorative justice do not have to be mutually exclusive. They can be mutually reliant as modes of practice for restorative justice.

The Bodies of Others: United States Drone Strikes and Biopolitical Racism

Hanul Cho • Aug 24 2020 • Essays

Biopolitical racism embedded in the discourse of US drone programs allowed the Obama administration to construct a right to exert biopower on the bodies of others.

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