(Impossible) Women and Boko Haram: The Paradox of Female Support to Sharia Law
A nuanced and contextual analysis is necessary to understand Nigerian women’s agency and their involvement with Boko Haram.
Queer Asylum Seekers as a Threat to the State: An Analysis of UK Border Controls
UN refugee laws and the UK asylum process perpetuate unrealistic expectations of queer identity for asylum seekers.
Why Are Feminist Theorists in International Relations so Critical of UNSCR 1325?
UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security offered policy recommendations that failed to make significant changes to women and girls in areas of armed conflict.
A Critical Reflection on Sovereignty in International Relations Today
Critiquing the Hobbesian state of nature through the postcolonial lens highlights Western ontological assumptions of sovereignty in International Relations.
Nuclear Proliferation and Humanitarian Security Regimes in the US & Norway
Humanitarian Security Regimes in both Norway and the US have impacted nuclear proliferation on the world stage.
To What Extent Was the NATO Intervention in Libya a Humanitarian Intervention?
Given the evidence of NATO’s emphasis on regime change, actions taken by NATO in the Libyan intervention showcase how the intervention was not strictly humanitarian.
A Critical Assessment of Eco-Marxism: A Ghanaian Case Study
While Eco-Marxism successfully identifies factors that facilitate illegal gold-mining in Ghana, it struggles to provide a coherent solution to the problems it highlights.
Historical Institutionalism Meets IR: Explaining Patterns in EU Defence Spending
Historical institutionalist concepts explain the European Union’s recent increase in defence spending through an analysis of past events and critical junctures.
A Constructivist Approach to Chinese Interest Formation in the South China Sea
Analysis focusing mainly on security, power and wealth in the case of the South China Sea would be fatal, as this approach would lead straight into Thucydides’ Trap.
Capitalism and the Rise of New Slavery: From Slave Trade to Slave in Trade
To confront new slavery, we need to realise the paradoxes in the West and start questioning basic ideas including sovereignty, freedom and realism as an ideology.
