Regions

Putin and Medvedev: Instruments of the Russian Security Class?

Andrei Constantin • Jan 23 2013 • Essays

Even if the security class has grown stronger under Putin’s first two terms, it has never reached the point from where it could fully control the Russian presidency.

Is Intervention a Useful Tool to Stop Humanitarian Crises?

Casey Sahadath • Jan 23 2013 • Essays

Humanitarian intervention creates a human rights conundrum, but it is a crucial tool in stopping humanitarian crises and protecting the welfare of civilian populations caught therein.

Intelligence, Empire and the Communist Underground in Southeast Asia

James Matthew Black • Jan 13 2013 • Essays

Two intelligence failures in the European fight against Asian anti-imperial insurgency seem to be classic intelligence scandals with grave implications for the Asian continent.

The Securitization of Legal Immigration in The United Kingdom

D. Morgan Trujillo • Jan 12 2013 • Essays

When differentiating one group from another, whether it is a societal differentiation, national or ethnic distinctions, a process of ‘self-definition’ and ‘other-definition’ occur.

SAARC: United Dream or Regional Nightmare?

Nikita Malik • Jan 10 2013 • Essays

Weak institutions, norms, and domestic regimes play key roles in explaining the lack of success of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in sustaining collaboration.

The Challenges of the European SMP and Euro for the US

Jean-Baptiste Tai-Sheng Jacquet • Jan 10 2013 • Essays

The SMP and Euro posed challenges to the US by shifting the transatlantic and global balance of power, and pushing the federal sector toward a more unified stance on economics.

Shale Gas Development in China

Svetlana Izrailova • Jan 9 2013 • Essays

Development of shale gas is a priority for Chinese leadership, who hope the resource will decrease reliance on foreign imports and allow for greater independence and security.

Obstacles to Peace Agreements

Katrine Steingrimsen • Jan 8 2013 • Essays

As learned from the failure of negotiations in Rwanda and Sierra Leone, the likelihood for parties to commit to an agreement improves if peace is made desirable and continued war costly.

European Union Democracy Promotion: The Case of Bahrain

Benjamin Ledwon • Jan 5 2013 • Essays

While the EU has achieved successes in promoting democracy in its immediate neighbourhood, its normative foreign policy has been less successful within a global context.

National Security Complications Arising from Scottish Independence

Berenice Burnett • Jan 5 2013 • Essays

An independent Scotland is unlikely to have the financial security or the resources required to develop and maintain the broad national security and defence that the SNP publicises.

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