Essays

Studying Gender in International Relations without Feminism?

Nadezhda Trichkova • Feb 17 2016 • Essays

Feminism challenges normative assumptions of international relations and, despite potential limitations, is essential to wider gender studies.

How Useful is Europeanisation in Explaining EU and Member State Relations?

Haoyu Zhai • Feb 16 2016 • Essays

Europeanisation is a useful but limited concept in explaining the relationship between the EU and its member states.

Challenges and Opportunities for Walzer’s “Jus ad Vim” for the 21st Century

Jonathan Haseldine • Feb 15 2016 • Essays

“Jus ad vim” undoubtedly has a role in the ethical evaluation of military and government activities, especially in the realm of emerging technology such as drones.

The Contested Image of Māori Cultural Exhibition in Aotearoa New Zealand

James Harrison • Feb 15 2016 • Essays

The presentation of Māori people in New Zealand has changed greatly since their first major appearance in 1851, evolving from curios to cultural treasures.

The Role of Political Parties in Putin’s Hybrid-Regime

Joshua Gray • Feb 13 2016 • Essays

Beyond providing the regime with a sheen of legitimacy through competing in elections, each of Russia’s main parties play a key role in sustaining the hybrid-regime.

US Foreign Policy and the 1973 Coup in Chile

Aiyetoro Hinds • Feb 12 2016 • Essays

Containment theory and its tendency to promote blunt thinking, especially in the Americas, was the prime factor affecting the logic behind US support for the coup in Chile.

Guns v. Butter: Differentiating Armaments in International Relations

Matthew Ribar • Feb 11 2016 • Essays

There are plenty of differences between arms and other economic goods, but most of these differences are not fundamental: they are differences in degree, not in type.

Monetary Sovereignty under the Gold Standard – The Case of the Ottoman Empire

Alvina Hoffmann • Feb 10 2016 • Essays

Increasing indebtedness and severe crises caused the Ottoman Empire to lose monetary sovereignty, culminating with the adoption of a limping gold standard.

The Three Images of the Syrian Civil War

Torgeir Pande Braathen • Feb 6 2016 • Essays

Employing Waltz’s three images in ‘Man the State and War’ as a methodological framework helps guide analysis of the Syrian civil war, but fails to provide direct answers.

The Falklands War: Differing Causes of Conflict

Alexander Liffiton • Feb 6 2016 • Essays

Explaining the occurrence of the Falklands War through diversionary theory, competing sovereignty claims and Fearon’s exploration of the contraction of bargaining ranges.

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