The Persistence of the FARC in Colombia
The FARC was able to organize, survive government onslaughts, train and recruit soldiers, and fund operations because of the absence of the state from much of the Colombian countryside.
The Absence of Methodology in Securitisation Theory
A focus on scientific ontological debates and an ambiguous theoretical conceptualisation of security prohibits the development of a consistent methodology in securitisation theory.
How National Identity Influences US Foreign Policy
American exceptionalism drives the United States to believe that it is legitimate in all of its foreign policy actions and that its intentions are above reproach.
The Rigidity of the Russian Partial Reform Equilibrium
The Russian partial reform equilibrium is sustained by an executive seeking stability, a group of transient winners taking advantage of concentrated streams of rent and a rent-neutral sector of public and business life.
A Well-Founded Fear of Environment: International Resistance to Climate Refugees
Ultimately, the climate refugee norm is stalled due to competing discourses surrounding environmental and migration remedies.
How History Shapes India’s Foreign Policy Goals
A historical perspective is required to understand how India’s past as a both a dominant and an oppressed power affects its modern foreign policy identity.
The Invisible Army: Explaining Private Military and Security Companies
Recent US administrations, specifically under President Obama, continued to make private military and security companies part and parcel of their military efforts abroad.
Is the Feminine Changing in Relation to War?
By occupying perpetual states of contestation, the gender codes of femininity and masculinity have always been changing in relation to war.
Liberal Peacebuilding and the Road to Hybrid Emancipatory Peace in Colombia
A Hybrid peacebuilding model that includes liberal and grassroots civil society actors, without the liberal subsuming the indigenous, is imperative for durable peace.
International Relations Theory Will Be Intersectional or It Will Be… Better
Intersectional discourses participate in the construction of the very subject whose emancipation they claim to facilitate
