Essays

Why Are Civil Wars so Protracted and Difficult to End?

Arij Elshelmani • Nov 20 2015 •

Civil wars are more protracted and difficult to terminate for numerous reasons. Nevertheless, a number of critical factors that fuel these wars can be distinguished.

Global Pandemics: A Security Threat?

Joseph Jegat • Nov 17 2015 • Essays

This essay has argued that global pandemics are a threat to state security, the extent to which they are a threat however, is determined by how developed the state is.

Should Private Military Companies be used in UN Peace Operations?

Lauren Grace Fitzsimons • Nov 17 2015 • Essays

Since deficiencies are being exposed as poorly trained UN peacekeepers struggle to fulfill their mandates, PMCs should be used as a second best peacekeeping force.

Chronic Refugee Populations and UNHCR’s Funding Model: A Source of Insecurity

Emma Best • Nov 14 2015 • Essays

The donor-funded model of UNHCR fails to account for long-standing exiled populations, which eventually leads to security implications in vulnerable areas.

The Growing “Discomfort” with Comfort Women between South Korea and Japan

Minseon Ku • Nov 11 2015 •

The comfort women issue has been a boiling point between South Korea and Japan, one that won’t likely simmer anytime soon.

Quick to the Rescue: Humanitarian Intervention in Libya

Clotilde Asangna • Nov 9 2015 • Essays

The decision-making process that guided resolution 1973 was based on national interests, realpolitik calculations, geo-strategic considerations, and domestic politics.

After Crisis: A Marxist Take on Capital and Labour after the Financial Crisis

Andrea Troan • Nov 9 2015 • Essays

As the cases of Sweden and the UK show, regardless of the uneven structures and development of capitalism, there has been an attack on labour by capital after the crisis.

Is there such a thing as the “Obama Doctrine”?

Veronika Hoelker • Nov 4 2015 • Essays

Obama’s foreign policy has not yielded a presidential doctrine, as the core tenants of his foreign policy are at odds with key components underlying doctrinal policy

The Politicisation of Orientalism: The Mutation of a Paradigm

Jiayuan Wang • Nov 1 2015 • Essays

The politicisation of Orientalism by the West had led to a mutation in the paradigm such that it has become not just a manifestation of imperialism but its instrument.

Pakistan in The New Great Game: On Gwadar Port

Markus Markert • Oct 26 2015 • Essays

The port of Gwadar (Baluchistan, Pakistan) is a site of potential major geopolitical importance. There, Pakistan, China, India & the US are vying for strategic influence.

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