American exceptionalism is not merely a static belief but a driving force in the evolution of U.S. foreign policy.
The divide stems from China and India’s respective national interests: China seeks greater global influence, while India deems BRI a looming threat to its sovereignty.
Incorporating a Constructivist lens and examining Strategic Culture is more useful in understanding Russia’s dual approach in the Arctic.
Violence in both war and colonialism occurs in everyday administration via persistent technologies and the slow violence of caloric, infrastructural, and spatial control.
European states only support aspects of ESA that serve their objective interests—such as economic and security concerns—which are not produced by any strategic culture.
The display of Bullwinkel’s dress is a symbol of the gap between wartime experiences and their commemorative representations.
Dutch F-16 donations to Ukraine were partly an international status-seeking act, a “good behavior” that gained the Netherlands prestige and saw Rutte become NATO Secretary General.
Crises narratives and reimported conterinsurgency rhetoric have turned US police into a body upholding law-and-order via warfighting, often against racialised minorities.
Navalny embodied an alternative Russia to the Kremlin government’s control. Yet, despite his activism and liberal image, Navalny’s rhetoric was imperialistic at heart.
For India, non-alignment followed by no retaliation in the war represents the Subgame Perfect Equilibrium, balancing diverse interests in a complex geopolitical context.
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