North America

Walter Mondale and the Recalibration of the Vice Presidency

Haley O'Shaughnessy • Sep 20 2014 • Essays

Mondale generated a new institutional model for the vice presidency, which expanded and strengthened the role, while leaving it accountable to the President.

American Exceptionalism: Exemplifying Patriotism and Justifying Imperialism

Caleb Spencer • Aug 1 2014 • Essays

American exceptionalism exemplifies the patriotic essence of the American people, but it has also proven problematic for the conduct of sound American foreign policy.

Recontextualising the ‘War on Terror’: Discursive Practices from Bush to Obama

David Morgan • Jul 3 2014 • Essays

The strategies employed by the Bush administration after 9/11 to manufacture public consent for action have since been recontextualised towards Iran by Barack Obama.

Explaining the Case for Invading Iraq from a Neo-conservative Perspective

Lucie Parker • Jun 29 2014 • Essays

The Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq was a story of neo-conservative ideas (militarism, morality, and democracy) about the role of America in the world.

Will Japan Become a Nuclear Weapons Power?

Heath Pickering • Jun 29 2014 • Essays

Japan’s non-nuclear policy appears to be a pragmatic realisation of numerous domestic factors, perceptions of regional security, and faith in the US alliance.

The ‘Intelligence Special Relationship’ between Britain and the United States

Jonjo Robb • Jun 15 2014 • Essays

The UK-USA relationship has stood the test of time and evolved to meet the requirements of intelligence consumers as old threats have dissipated and new threats emerged.

Constituting Latin America

Kevin Doherty • Jun 14 2014 • Essays

Early US foreign policy understood and utilised modernity in a manner distinct from Europe, but on the same problematic epistemological grounds.

The Neoconservative Influence on US Foreign Policy and the 2003 Iraq War

Patrick Corscadden • Jun 14 2014 • Essays

For the Neocons ideas are everything. Unfortunately, as proven by the insurgency which rose in Iraq, the rest of the world has very different ideas about global society.

Snowden on Screen at SXSW: Visual Irruptions of State Self-Image

Robert Ralston • Jun 12 2014 • Essays

The Snowden leaks and their framing reveal how aesthetic irruptions can destabilize the self-image and ultimately the ontological security of the state.

Why Is a Small State Like Georgia Important for the USA, the EU and Russia?

Tamta Utiashvili • Jun 4 2014 • Essays

Newcomer Georgia became an arena of confrontation between the USA, the EU and Russia due to its geostrategic location, political developments and strategic orientation.

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