Essays

Australia, China, and the Darwin Port Lease as a Public-Private Partnership

Robin Pelenyi • Feb 24 2024 • Essays

The Darwin Port lease was justified by privileging market values, but trouble emerged when it became necessary to incorporate non-market national security values.

Do Human Rights Protect or Threaten Security?

Caitlin Hoyland • Jan 31 2024 • Essays

Human rights discourse is premised upon the deleterious assumption that humans are separate from and supreme to nature.

Queer Oppression in the Global South and the Structural Violence of Development

Jodie Bradshaw • Jan 4 2024 • Essays

Development Studies scholars should employ a multi-faceted approach to violence that places social hierarchies at the forefront of its analysis.

Exploring Past and Present of British Sexual Governance Across the Commonwealth

Evie Celeste Wayne • Dec 25 2023 • Essays

The performative and neocolonial nature of British LGBT discourse represents a continuation of the Empire through a seemingly progressive and benevolent agenda.

Why Do Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Fail?

Cayla Bleoaja • Dec 19 2023 • Essays

Recent research points to the role of resource dependence and local knowledge in activists’ success, and their engagement in either persuasive or disruptive tactics.

Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Imperialist Dynamics in International Law

Laura Andrés Serpi • Dec 15 2023 • Essays

By hegemonically promoting a hierarchical type of sovereign equality, the West perpetuates an unfair international system by failing to listen to distinct voices.

Colombia and Chile: How Parties and Ideologies Affect LGBTQ+ Identities

James Manville • Dec 13 2023 • Essays

While Chile and Colombia have unique political landscapes, the recent emergence of leftist leaders indicates a shifting societal acceptance of LGBTQ+ people.

“You Blaspheme, You Die”—The Rise of Anti-Blasphemy in Pakistan

Rishabh Chawda • Dec 13 2023 • Essays

The mala fide accusations, indifference to intent, killing before legal proceedings conclude and impact on minorities point to anti-blasphemy in Pakistan as politicised.

Casting Light on EU Governance: Reflection and Foresight in an Era of Crises

Marnix Middelburg • Dec 4 2023 • Essays

A disrupted internal unity requires a delicate balance in order to maintain the EU’s position in the world.

Development and Authoritarianism: China’s Political Culture and Economic Reforms

Vivian Le • Nov 20 2023 • Essays

China’s economic reform avoided democratisation by balancing capitalism and socialism, highlighting industrial survival and nationalism, evading radical political change.

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