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.
The Iranian revolution of 1979 can be considered as Islamic, yet we must recognize the socioeconomic conditions and existing political movements which fostered change.
Orthodox Just War Theory only holds soldiers morally accountable for how they conduct warfare. By doing so, it denies the right to refuse participation in unjust wars.
The crime of ‘Ecocide’ is analysed within the context of the Vietnam War, suggesting that it should be added to the Rome Statute.
Mbembé’s “living dead” and Agamben’s “bare life” should be reconceptualized as performative acts in line with Butler’s theory, allowing for agency and acts of resistance.
Australia presents a unique set of challenges in the case of a settler state adopting transitional justice as a means of reconciliation with its Aboriginal population.
Colonialist metanarratives regarding postcolonial subjects are often instrumentalised by them to advance their own agenda.
The concept of the pluriverse is introduced to reconcile the theorisation of Soviet communism and its downfall with the situated experiences of Soviet citizens.
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