Essays

Border Control and Migration Fatalities in the Mediterranean Sea

Mona Saleh • May 10 2017 • Essays

The issue of migrant fatalities has become an urgent and controversial matter in Europe. Information about how many have died attempting to cross into the EU is rare and not accurate.

The Concept of ‘World Society’ in International Relations

Crina Iftode • May 9 2017 • Essays

In a world where a realist perspective still seems dominant, the idea of world society – as found in the English school – is a revolutionary concept.

The Awkward European: Britain and the Common Security and Defence Policy

Andrew Huckle • May 9 2017 • Essays

Britain should not orphan the very policy it created in Brittany almost 20 years ago. If it does, that would constitute the real missed opportunity for Britain and CSDP.

Human Rights and Democracy: An Incompatible or Complementary Relationship?

Lillian Carson • May 7 2017 • Essays

This essay traverses tensions between human rights and democracy stemming from their incompatible basic values, modes of application and types of politics they foster.

War’s Silent Victim: The Environment

Laure Verheyen • May 7 2017 • Essays

Modern conflicts have a high human cost but the environment is often the forgotten victim. Is international law equipped to protect the environment from war?

The Demise of the Sino-Vietnamese Relationship

Jessica Reilly • Apr 19 2017 • Essays

Walt’s theory of alliances is often used to explain the Sino-Soviet split but the break-down of the Sino-Vietnamese alliance shows more is at play than material interest.

Who is Winning the ‘War on Terror’?

Henna Chauhan • Apr 17 2017 • Essays

Bush’s ‘war on terror’ was constructed as unwinnable and never-ending, Obama has not successfully proposed a counter-hegemonic discourse with the strength to oppose it.

From Prague to Riga: Has the EU’s Eastern Partnership Been a Failure?

Maryia Hushcha • Apr 14 2017 • Essays

With Russia’s intervention in politics of its neighboring states, the EU’s role in the region is now seen differently and so its previous policy requires reassessment.

Comparing the Foreign Policy Doctrines of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush

Marcella Berkeley Gill • Apr 14 2017 • Essays

Bush’s unilateralism, pre-emption and US primacy displayed a confrontational disposition while Clinton made more of an effort to engage with all corners of the world.

Images Out-Loud: A Visual Approach Challenging the Securitization of Migration

Samantha Marcus • Apr 8 2017 • Essays

Securitisation literature ignores the links between refugees’ experiences, how their stories are conveyed visually and which images ‘speak’ most powerfully to audiences.

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