Policy Failure and Unipolarity on the Eve of Operation Desert Storm
The unprecedented support for Operation Desert Storm was facilitated by a combination of primary and secondary factors.
The Limitations and Capabilities of the United Nations in Modern Conflict
The ongoing Syrian Civil War exemplifies the need to reform the United Nations Security Council in order to better address elements of modern conflict.
Arab LGBTQ Subjects: Trapped Between Universalism and Particularity?
Human Rights Watch’s campaign ‘No Longer Alone’ demonstrates the inscription of Western universal concepts that are deployed and diffused in a homocolonialist manner.
International Political Economy and the 2003 Iraq War: A Keynesian Perspective
Keynes’s emphasis on ideas and individuals is better-suited to explaining the United States’ 2003 invasion of Iraq than Marx’s focus on material structures.
Egypt’s Security Paradox in Libya
Direct security concerns have pushed Egypt into a security paradox regarding Libya. By supporting militias, Egypt is directly contradicting UN unity efforts.
Armies of Women: The Syria Crisis and the New War Thesis
The Syrian Civil War constitutes a “new war” from the feminist perspective when it is contextualised within the literature of the new war debate.
The Instrumentalization of Energy and Arms Sales in Russia’s Middle East Policy
Energy cooperation and arms sales to the Middle East have emerged as key foreign policy instruments for Russia in its attempted re-emergence as a Great Power.
Violence and Political Order: Galtung, Arendt and Anderson on the Nation-State
The nation-state’s monopoly of violence means that the two are inextricably linked, with nationalism being the basis of political order.
Were Fukuyama, Mearsheimer or Huntington Right about the Post-Cold War Era?
The prospective claims made by Fukuyama, Mearsheimer and Huntington are insufficient to adequately describe post-Cold War international relations.
“Sanctions Are Coming”: Fear and Iranophobia in American Foreign Policy
Iran’s characterization as a great threat in the Middle East is largely a result of institutionalized “Iranophobia” within American foreign policy.
