Essays

A Lineage of White Insurgency: US Capitol Attack and the Lost Cause

Riley Martinez • Jun 23 2023 • Essays

The insurrection attempt cannot be understood without considering America’s history of White supremacy, particularly the Lost Cause of the Confederacy narrative.

From Deployment to Withdrawal: The C-17 Transport Plane in the Afghanistan War

Aineias Engstrom • Jun 6 2023 • Essays

Whose security the C-17 promoted or endangered varied, depending on U.S. political objectives and other components of the war’s security assemblage.

Jazz Diplomacy Paradox: Jazz Within The Maelstrom of Cold War Politics

Mauro ter Heyne • May 27 2023 • Essays

During the Cold War, the US promoted Jazz music as part of an international cultural campaign despite its racial segregation at home.

Nirbhaya, #MeToo & Orientalism in Transnational Gender Politics

Poorvika Mehra • May 18 2023 • Essays

The propagation of neo-colonial Oriental epistemes detracts from ‘mainstream’ feminism aims by generating a cultural divide between East and West.

China’s Take on Changing Global Space Governance: A Moral Realist Argument

Lea Marlene Korb • Apr 23 2023 • Essays

China aims to reposition itself within and change the current system of global space governance by increasing its strategic credibility through moral conduct in space.

Decentering Anthropos: Insights from New Materialism

James Knight • Mar 28 2023 • Essays

New materialist approach to the instrumentality of lethality shows how the potential for violence latent within weaponry characterizes conflict and influences humans.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Cooperation and Conflict Resolution

Ethan Chiu • Mar 26 2023 • Essays

By cooperating, Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan can secure a solution that benefits all parties and prevents future conflict.

On the Role of Intelligence in the Pacific Theater of the Second World War

Pieter Zhao • Mar 22 2023 • Essays

The answer to whether intelligence reduces uncertainty or overcomplicates the decision-making process lies somewhere in between.

Cartographic Domination in British India

Mack Clayton • Feb 28 2023 • Essays

As the authoritative text and imbued with colonial power, maps deeply affected how Indians related to their surroundings and their history and culture.

Frantz Fanon and the Inefficacy of Anti-colonial Violence

Jodie Bradshaw • Feb 27 2023 • Essays

A more effective way of combatting colonial immanent violence is to dismantle the racialised and gendered discourses that make this violence possible.

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