Returning Rohingya: What Does the “Voluntary” in “Voluntary Repatriation” Mean?
To examine the voluntariness of voluntary repatriation for Rohingya refugees, a new definition of voluntariness based on acceptable alternatives and capabilities is used.
Debunking the Concept of “New Terrorism”
Contemporary religious terrorism is not a “new terrorism,” but instead displays similar features to previous forms of terrorism.
Arab LGBTQ Subjects: Trapped Between Universalism and Particularity?
Human Rights Watch’s campaign ‘No Longer Alone’ demonstrates the inscription of Western universal concepts that are deployed and diffused in a homocolonialist manner.
How Fear Shapes World Politics
Fear not only plays an assumptive role in the international system, but is a central notion and emotion in IR that can arise in any context to shape states’ behaviour.
International Political Economy and the 2003 Iraq War: A Keynesian Perspective
Keynes’s emphasis on ideas and individuals is better-suited to explaining the United States’ 2003 invasion of Iraq than Marx’s focus on material structures.
The Bio/Necropolitics of State (In)action in EU Refugee Policy: Analyzing Calais
Europe’s refugee policy creates a form of bio/necropolitics that regulates the life and death of refugees. One can see this policy in action in the “jungle” of Calais.
The Cosmopolitan-Communitarian Clash over Syria in Conservative Politics
The tension between Conservative politicians’ cosmopolitan and communitarian policy reflects a new stratum of division in British politics more broadly.
Soviet Legacies and the Consolidation of Economic Rentierism in Kazakhstan
Soviet legacies helped shape Central Asia both economically and politically. In post-independence Kazakhstan, these legacies facilitated the rise of economic rentierism.
Fighting Patriarchy like it’s 1938: Virginia Woolf, Trailblazer of Feminist IR
Virginia Woolf’s work “Three Guineas” should be read as a transgressive, iconoclastic, and avant-gardist classic of critical feminist and gendered IR theory.
Is Universal Health Coverage Always the Best Solution to Health Challenges?
While Universal Health Coverage remains a goal worth pursuing, it faces numerous local and global challenges rendering its meaningful implementation difficult.
