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One War, Many Reasons: The US Invasion of Iraq

Markus Nikolas Heinrich • Mar 9 2015 • Essays

The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 was the culmination of a long series of events and the product of many complex, different, and yet interrelated factors.

Subverting Sovereignty: Political Theology and the American Constitution

Jacob Kripp • Mar 6 2015 • Essays

Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War represent a number of restraining measures on the executive that may not give him complete unilateral power in emergency situations.

The Main Factors Limiting the Ability of the U.S. to Control World Politics

Haoyu Zhai • Feb 12 2015 • Essays

Increasing economic interdependence between states and the emerging multipolar world order limit the United States in world politics.

Adaptation, Mitigation and the Securitization of Climate Change

Elizabeth Feeney • Feb 6 2015 • Essays

Environmental changes make the rethinking of security unavoidable. An international effort is necessary to develop a framework of adaptation and mitigation practices.

The State of Deception & The Time Bomb: Evaluating Torture as Counter-Terrorism

Charles Andrew Woodward • Jan 29 2015 • Essays

In a ‘state of exception’, where it is vital to maintain national security, liberal governments do not suspend the rule of law but rather legally circumvent it.

Barack Obama: How an ‘Unknown’ Senator Became President of the USA

Robert McGuigan Burns • Dec 12 2014 • Essays

In 2004, few Americans had ever heard of Obama, let alone considered voting for him. Yet, within four years he had been elected president.

Demographics, Perceptions & the Weakening Securitisation of the US-Mexico Border

Matthew Fowle • Nov 28 2014 • Essays

In recent years, American audiences have grown sceptical on the securitisation of the US-Mexico border, and indeed, the broader discourse on immigration and security.

Presidential War Powers in Vietnam

Haley O'Shaughnessy • Nov 19 2014 • Essays

With Johnson’s executive mandate for war and Nixon’s justification of executive authority, the Vietnam War set a dangerous precedent for presidential war powers.

Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy Trends and Interactions with Native Americans

Seth Hopkins • Oct 31 2014 • Essays

Certain trends in American foreign policy can be better understood when seen as framed by the context of interactions with Native Americans

Legitimacy and the US-led Invasion of Iraq

Camille Mulcaire • Oct 17 2014 • Essays

The existence of legitimate norms & principles within international society did, in fact, exert influence over the US’ behaviour in its 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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