How Park Chung-hee Made the Most of the South Korea-US Vietnam War Alliance
The relationship between the two countries, one a hegemon and one a new nation, was truly uneven – but not in the ways one would expect.
Determining a Successful Humanitarian Intervention
While national interest is not necessarily a requisite feature of a successful intervention, it is clear that when national interests are at stake, success is likely to occur.
Islamic State: Human Trafficking, the Media and Celebritization of Policy
Whilst celebrities may bring public awareness to causes like terrorism and trafficking, they are not held accountable for the accuracy of their representations.
Is Terrorism a ‘Rational Choice’?
The decision to employ and halt a terror campaign and its target type are the result of a deliberative process based on subjectively sound rational reasoning.
Transatlantic Sovereignty Games: What Makes the US and the EU ‘Hang Together’?
Drawing on an analytical framework based on ‘sovereignty games’ this essay explores the roles of money in (re)constructing relations between the USA and the EU.
France, Post-secularism and Islam
The French model can be considered as a great example that demonstrates the complex intertwining of the religious and the secular in modern times.
Post-structuralist ‘critique’ and How It Treats Power in Global Politics
Post-structuralists introduce the possibility of viewing international politics from a different starting point, outside the constrains of traditional paradigms.
Female Combatants: Same goals, different motivations?
Female fighters in Chechnya and Kurdistan are drawn upon as case studies to outline alternative motivations for female combatants, aside from traditional gender roles.
A Neo-Gramscian Analysis of Brexit
Brexit was the result of several diverse, and often seemingly contradictory, ideas coalescing around the counter-hegemonic rejection of EU hegemonic ‘common sense’.
The Rise of the Developmental State in China and Its Absence in India
The factors of state autonomy, capacity and strategy help to explain the rise of the developmental state in China and its absence in India.
