Essays

Policy Failure and Unipolarity on the Eve of Operation Desert Storm

Riccardo Ghioni • Jul 31 2019 • Essays

The unprecedented support for Operation Desert Storm was facilitated by a combination of primary and secondary factors.

Examining the Validity of a ‘Global Britain’ and Its Ties with the Commonwealth

Alec Llywelyn Frost • Jul 29 2019 • Essays

After Brexit, British politicians wanted to pursue a “Global Britain” policy and strengthen trade with the Commonwealth, but this strategy cannot replace EU trade.

Spatialising The Political and “Nomadic Subjectivity”

Uygar Baspehlivan • Jul 27 2019 • Essays

International relationships should be viewed across a spatial plane, rather than a temporal one, to better conceptualise borders and nomadic subjects.

A Biopolitical and Necropolitical Analysis of Nuclear Weapon Proliferation

Emma Clark • Jul 18 2019 • Essays

The logic of the non-proliferation regime and the choice to proliferate can be explained by the theoretical fusion of biopolitics and necropolitics.

Examining and Critiquing the Security–Development Nexus

Jelte Schievels • Jul 15 2019 • Essays

The idea of a security-development nexus, that a country’s well-being depends on its level of development, is too simplistic to explain the dynamics of conflict.

The Limitations and Capabilities of the United Nations in Modern Conflict

Nina Kalantar • Jul 10 2019 • Essays

The ongoing Syrian Civil War exemplifies the need to reform the United Nations Security Council in order to better address elements of modern conflict.

God Save The Queer: Discussing the Role of the Family in International Relations

Marianne Holt • Jul 7 2019 • Essays

Prevailing understandings of the “family ideal” within International Relations continue to marginalize queer identities at the local, national and international level.

The Third Pillar: The Vulnerable Component of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’

Coline Célérier • Jul 4 2019 • Essays

The lack of consensus surrounding the Third Pillar of R2P, as well as the ambiguity of R2P’s framework, prevents its establishment as a global norm.

The Coloniality of Gender and the Politics of Difference

Aleksandra Kusnierkiewicz • Jun 29 2019 • Essays

Decolonial feminism enhances our understanding of global affairs by exposing coloniality in knowledge production—advancing its goals of social and individual liberation.

To What Extent Can Natural Disasters Be Considered State Crimes?

Harish Kohli • Jun 28 2019 • Essays

The ways in which natural disasters can be understood as state crimes is examined, incorporating case studies from Turkey, Japan, and the United States.

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