Contrary to alarmist claims of a crisis of democracy, the ‘authoritarian wave’ is more likely to affect hybrid regimes over consolidated democracies.
The trans-nationalisation of production has benefited and structurally shaped society through the creation of a Transnational Corporate Class in host countries.
Global governance mechanisms are inadequate to address cyberattacks outside armed conflict as these threats tend to exist in a ‘grey zone’ between peacetime and conflict.
IR is dominated by a state-centric approach to geography; this can be rectified by rethinking spatial frameworks as relational to their historical social processes.
The Hawke and Keating administrations used “enlightened realpolitik” to promote nuclear disarmament while still keeping Australia under the American nuclear umbrella.
Using a gender perspective, the dominant definitions of the ‘state’ and a ‘threat’ are re-defined to better understand security today.
Political motives inform many definitions of terrorism, which are often irregularly applied, harming counter-terrorist initiatives.
Drones, aid and education can effectively combat terrorism, but only if they are deployed together and with the proper restrictions and considerations.
Popular culture can act both as an analogous tool for political scientists and as a mirror for public attitudes.
The multiple crises facing the EU are not isolated incidents, but are complex and interconnected issues developed over the course of the EU’s history.
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