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.
Despite the emphasis on winning “hearts and minds,” Counterinsurgency (COIN) campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan have not achieved their objectives.
Due to contrasting aims of IR theory and practice, the processes drastically differ and limit the extent to which theory can be applied to practicing world politics.
‘Learning’ as an analytical framework shows how Obama’s decision-making towards the Gaddafi and Assad regimes was informed by past US interventions.
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