Has Obama Delivered Change Or Continuity In US Foreign Policy?
As Obama departs office, his ability to deliver change and attitude to foreign policies is retrospectively assessed.
Economic Interdependence and Conflict – The Case of the US and China
The liberal assumption that high levels of trade and investment between two states like the US and China will make war unlikely, if not impossible, is overly simplistic.
An Analysis of the Indian Further Education System Regarding Gender Inequality
Gender inequality in India’s further education system is investigated through the variables of transition rates, subjects chosen, literacy rates and early marriage.
From Mythification to Eurocentrism: The Academic Colour Line
Due to its inherent eurocentrism IR reproduces a limited Western perception of the world unfit to explain non-Western realities.
The Nakba, The Holocaust and Collective Victimhood
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is perpetuated by culturally and socially embedded discourses of victimhood that are existent in both countries’ narratives.
Gender and the International Criminal Court: A Critical Assessment
Gender-based violence has been dismissed as a natural consequence of war: there is a need to develop jurisprudence and understanding of gender within international law.
When to Hire a Hitman: A Theoretical Framework for Just Assassination
With the exponential rise of civilian casualties in modern warfare, political assassination could serve as an effective, more ‘humane’ means of humanitarian intervention.
Terrorism and the PLO: The Effectiveness of Terrorism as a Political Tool
The example of the PLO’s terrorist campaign against Israel demonstrates that terrorism is unlikely to be an effective tool to achieve political goals.
Peacebuilding in and beyond the European Union
While the maturation of its praxes allowed the EU to enter the thus defined peacebuilding space, it is its unique nature that brings value to global peacebuilding.
China’s Cooperation on the Mekong River in the Realm of Complex Interdependence
As the most important and powerful upstream country in Asia, China becomes imperative to any cooperation on water-related issues.
