Post 9/11 there has been an increased securitization of development issues, shifting aid conditionalities to behaviour supportive of the “War on Terror”.
The First Chechen War was a clear failure of counter-insurgency operations, and whilst there were improvements in the Second Chechen War, a wholly successful outcome has not been achieved.
Huawei’s business in Iran and supposed disregard for intellectual property rights exemplify why foreign governments think it does not respect international legal obligations.
Whilst the use of religion as a ‘defence mechanism’ may reinforce ‘exclusion for inclusion’ concepts, to argue that it is the cause and consequence of Hindu nationalist politics would be limited.
The Arab Spring provides new opportunities for the study of civil wars. The wave of protests has led to two violent rebellions: the Libyan revolutionary war and the Syrian civil war.
There seems to be an enduring inability to understand that Africa is modernizing in its own way. The Western development discourse remains authoritarian and coercive.
John Mearsheimer attempts to reduce the factors influencing the development of the US-China relationship, which are inestimable, to fit the limited parameters of his theory.
The fusion thesis is a helpful lens through which to understand EU integration, but it must be understood as more than the permeation of the supranational into the national arena.
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions is at the centre of emancipatory, grassroots activism in Zimbabwe, providing potential for a democratic, anti-neoliberal future.
Failed states give rise to transnational security threats such as terrorism, piracy, conflict spill-over and refugee flows, making state failure a major source of insecurity today.
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