Are Human Rights Universal?
As has been seen in Latin America, human rights violations are neither formulaic nor predictable. They are far from universal, as their accessibility is currently limited. Nations must accept their moral obligations to promote human rights.
State-Sponsored Terrorism: The U.S.’s Response to the Nicaraguan Revolution
The response of the U.S. to the Nicaraguan Revolution was a clear example of state-sponsored terrorism, as evidenced by the judgement of the International Court of Justice.
Augusto Pinochet and the Support of Chilean Right-Wing Women
Chilean right-wing women supported Pinochet’s dictatorship, which appeared to subordinate them, because it secured their privileged position within Chile’s existing gender and class hierarchies.
The Importance of a Socioeconomic Rights Approach to Transitional Justice
Factors such as exclusion and poverty have a important causal relationship with armed conflict and social division. Economic and social rights, therefore, must be central to post-conflict societies.
Can ‘Just Giving Money to the Poor’ Reduce Poverty?
Whilst giving money to the poor is necessary to alleviate certain aspects of poverty, this social protection method in itself is not sufficient to reduce the multifarious aspects of poverty.
Marijuana Legalization: Panacea in the War on Drugs or Stoners Blowing Smoke?
Marijuana legalization has the potential to undermine drug cartels, and should therefore function as part of an overarching strategy designed to eliminate both the cartels and the drug trade.
Problems with Anglo-American Centered International Theory
There is a need to expose the relationship between IR’s roots and whom it currently favours in its interpretation. Only then can we work towards a truly ‘international’ theory.
The Workers’ Party and Democratisation in Brazil
Whilst its programmes have not been comprehensively successful, The Worker’s Party has been a largely democratising force in what is a continuous, evolutionary process.
The Chinese Challenge to the Monroe Doctrine
China is rapidly expanding into the Western Hemisphere. While this is a challenge, treating it as a threat may be detrimental to American security and interests via the creation of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Why Do Wars Occur and How Do They End?
From the Peloponnesian Wars to the War on Terror, the brutal act of war itself has been packaged by all as a fight over what it means to be civilised.
