Essays

What Role did Christian Teachings Play in the American Civil Rights Movement?

Juleus Ghunta • Nov 1 2018 • Essays

‘Christian teachings’ does not denote a unitary worldview, therefore, the concept must be analysed within distinct socio–political, cultural and economic contexts.

Weaponized Artificial Intelligence & Stagnation in the CCW: A North-South Divide

Alena Zafonte • Nov 1 2018 • Essays

The stagnation of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons stems from the discrepancy in technological development between the Global North and Global South.

Cycling into Norway – Borders as Creative, Contested Controversies

Fanny Falkenberg • Oct 18 2018 • Essays

Security studies should view borders as “contested moments” to better highlight the complexity of their securitization and the subjectivity of migrants.

Is Humanitarianism Merely a New Name for Old Forms of Violence and Domination?

Leonie Schaefer • Oct 13 2018 • Essays

While humanitarianism has been undermined by political and state interests, positive elements of the core idea still exist and should not be overlooked.

A Rules-Based System? Compliance and Obligation in International Law

Katherine Vorderbruggen • Oct 9 2018 • Essays

This student essay draws on constructivist epistemology to explore the conditions of state compliance in international law.

The Implicit Imperialism of Democratic Peace

Alexandros Zachariades • Oct 9 2018 • Essays

The idea that democratization is the path to peace rose with liberal victory after the Cold War, but this lacked major empirical backing or a tested peacebuilding model.

(Re)Shaping Territories to Identities: Is the Middle East a Colonial Invention?

Yatana Yamahata • Oct 7 2018 • Essays

Orientalism served as a basis of colonial thought and activity that enabled and justified the intervention of the ‘Middle East’ without considering different identities.

Was There a Soviet-led Menace to Global Stability and Freedom in the Late 1940s?

Michal Šenk • Oct 7 2018 • Essays

It was the lack of soft power that demonstrated how unrealistic it truly was for the USSR to expand globally.

High North – Low Tension? Norway, Russia and Securitisation in the Arctic

Therese Ekfeldt • Oct 7 2018 • Essays

Initially reluctant to securitise relations with Russia, Norway has perceived events in Ukraine as destabilising and modified its Russia policy accordingly.

‘Fascisti del Terzo Millennio? No, solo Fascisti’: The Politics of CasaPound

Eugenia Zena • Oct 5 2018 • Essays

Despite some perceptions that the political party CasaPound only selectively invokes fascist ideology, the organization fully adheres to traditional fascist doctrine.

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