Essays

Why Are Feminist Theorists in International Relations so Critical of UNSCR 1325?

Georgina Langdon • Feb 11 2019 • Essays

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

Jonathan Ian White • Feb 9 2019 • Essays

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

Erin K. Norris • Feb 7 2019 • Essays

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?

Matthew Green • Feb 6 2019 • Essays

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

Anna Carter-Roberts • Feb 4 2019 • Essays

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

Alen Hristov • Feb 3 2019 • Essays

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

Max Freundlieb • Feb 2 2019 • Essays

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

Akshat Sogani • Feb 2 2019 • Essays

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.

Have Waltz’s Critics Misunderstood His Theory of International Politics?

Jodie Bradshaw • Feb 1 2019 • Essays

Kenneth Waltz’s incompatible use of a positivist approach has become a major shortcoming of his Theory of International Politics.

The ‘Chilling Effect’: Are Journalistic Sources Afforded Legal Protection?

Laura Broome • Jan 29 2019 • Essays

Because the United Kingdom’s journalistic protections fall short of the European Convention on Human Rights, whistleblowers may be deterred from disclosing information.

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