Essays

What is the Future of African Regionalism?

Haoyu Zhai • Mar 5 2016 • Essays

Regionalism is an oft-discussed theme in relations between African states, but ideological differences and an inability to find agreement remain challenges.

An Assessment of Climate Change Imagery in the UK’s Media

Timothy Salinger • Mar 5 2016 • Essays

Visual imagery in communication and news media is an essential contributor to public disengagement with climate change in the UK.

Forgetting Politics: The Impossibility of Humanitarian Intervention

Lisa Whitten • Mar 3 2016 • Essays

‘Humanitarian military intervention’ is critiqued as a de-politicizing discourse, with four proposals for re-politicization suggested.

The Significance of the ‘Human Security’ Paradigm in International Politics

Aydar Gazizullin • Feb 29 2016 • Essays

The topic of human security is multifaceted and demands caution when analysed in different contexts.

Explaining Russia’s Intervention in Syria in September 2015

Simon Allcock • Feb 28 2016 • Essays

Instead of giving an empirical account of the factors that led to Russia’s intervention, it’s important to explore the extent to which IR theory explains such a calculus.

The Conservative Party’s Success and the ‘One Nation’ Tradition

Kasia Gilewska • Feb 27 2016 • Essays

The ‘One Nation’ tradition helped the Conservative Party break ties with the past and place itself in the centre of British politics where most of the voters are.

Securing the Energy Supply: China’s “Malacca Dilemma”

Matthew Caesar-Gordon • Feb 26 2016 • Essays

For China to ensure the future security of its energy supply, it must balance the protection of its critical sea lanes with the seeking of alternative energy sources.

Why Do We Need a Gender Analysis in International Political Economy?

Francesca Melhuish • Feb 23 2016 • Essays

A gender analysis demonstrates the centrality of the differential valorisation of the masculine and the feminine to the functioning of the global political economy.

Morgenthau’s Utilitarian Version of Realism

Nicholas Pugh • Feb 20 2016 • Essays

Morgenthau’s realist doctrine is neither amoral nor bellicose because it is informed by a set of utilitarian ethics which aim to prevent major conflict via lesser evils.

‘Children of the Stones’: The Securitization of Palestinian Children by Israel

Kristiana Eleftheria Papi • Feb 19 2016 • Essays

To understand the complex and highly subtle securitization of Palestinian children by the Israeli state requires going beyond the Copenhagen School’s analysis framework.

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