Essays

How Does Proportional Representation Influence Government Composition?

Haoyu Zhai • Oct 28 2016 • Essays

Results indicate a robust positive relationship between the use of proportional representation systems and the number of government parties.

The Rational Actor Assumption in Structural Realism

Alen Shadunts • Oct 28 2016 • Essays

While rationality is widely mentioned in the works of neorealist scholars, structural realists have different understandings of the concept.

Mexico’s Neoliberal Fix: U.S. Foreign Policy and the War on Drugs

Constantin Gouvy • Oct 19 2016 • Essays

Neoliberal policies of the 1980-90s in Mexico have triggered the explosion of violence caused by Drug Trafficking Organisations and that is, to this day, still present.

Kunarac: Defining Rape under International Criminal Law

Werner Hofs • Oct 16 2016 • Essays

The Kunarac case represented the international community’s willingness to recognise women’s vulnerability to mass atrocities.

To What Extent Does the UK Asylum Support System Contribute to Destitution?

Phoebe Green • Sep 22 2016 • Essays

The media gives the impression that asylum seekers are a threat to the welfare state. However, the reality is that the state is a threat to asylum seekers.

Dying to Bomb: An Interactive Triangular Approach to Suicide Terrorism

Claire Akkaoui • Sep 22 2016 • Essays

Suicide terrorism can only be found in an interactive triangular framework involving organisation, individual and society.

False Victimisation Narratives: Female Suicide Bombers of the Developing World

Rachel Hao • Sep 13 2016 • Essays

The dominant discourse surrounding female suicide bombers is discursive and reductive. It silences the diversity of motivations associated with female participation.

A Theoretical Analysis of Russian Foreign Policy: Changes Under Vladimir Putin

Giovanni Baldoni • Sep 10 2016 • Essays

Russian foreign policy is largely influenced by Putin’s desire to remain in power and the need to contain domestic restructurings through securing domestic support.

Why Infanticide Happens Almost Exclusively to Girls and Not Boys

Mohammed Adel Chowdhury • Sep 9 2016 • Essays

The interplay of attitudes and economics within a context of poverty is presented as an explanation as to why females are almost exclusively the victims of infanticide.

Preemptive Self-Defense, Customary International Law, and the Congolese Wars

Patrick Kelly • Sep 3 2016 • Essays

Preemptive self-defence was cited by Rwanda and Uganda during the two Congolese Wars, presenting some significant questions for international law.

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