Regions

How have Russia and France Dealt With the Issue of “race”?

Anastasija Malachova • Oct 13 2012 • Essays

Migrant workers in France (particularly from North Africa and Asia) have been discriminated in the job market as well as in different social aspects of life such as housing.

The Medical Gaze Between the Doctor, the Patient, and the State

Zeynep Balcioglu • Oct 11 2012 • Essays

Implementation of neoliberal policies in Turkey’s health sector binds both the doctors and the patients to perform as homo-economicuses, strategically structuring their relationship.

Hamas and Iran: Nationalism and Islam

David Donaldson • Oct 10 2012 • Essays

Islam provides a strong rhetorical tool for furthering national political projects, providing as it does an empty vessel on many of the questions relevant to the contemporary political world.

Evaluating the Participatory Development Programme in Egypt

Abdelfatah Ibrahim • Oct 9 2012 • Essays

Despite the weaknesses of the programme, it has contributed to urban poverty reduction in some of the most well-known informal areas in Egypt, achieving many tangible results.

What Makes Post-Conflict Situations Particularly Susceptible to Corruption?

Kathryn Harvey • Oct 9 2012 • Essays

Broadly speaking, a combination of weak societal structures, fragile governmental institutions and unstable economic systems contribute to creating a chaotic environment conducive to corruption.

The Implications of The Rise of China on Australian Foreign Policy

Wayne McLean • Oct 6 2012 • Essays

The key implication of the rise of China is how to manage the new regional order, one in which Australia has an advantage in resources, but is disadvantaged as a regional outsider

‘Operation Artemis’: The efficiency of EU peacekeeping in The Congo

Michael Koenig • Oct 5 2012 • Essays

Operation Artemis illustrates that the EU has the capabilities to successfully execute mandates, if the EU member states are willing and agree upon foreign policy actions.

Are Human Rights Universal?

Joe Derry-Malone • Oct 4 2012 • Essays

As has been seen in Latin America, human rights violations are neither formulaic nor predictable. They are far from universal, as their accessibility is currently limited. Nations must accept their moral obligations to promote human rights.

Is an Ethical Foreign Policy Good Domestic Politics for a Governing Party?

Yasmin Lane • Oct 3 2012 • Essays

Ethical foreign policy has been set up and practised in an overly-ambitious way which has caused the public to hold disproportionate expectations towards the governing party.

Can the South Caucasian States Establish Themselves as Independent Actors?

anon • Oct 2 2012 • Essays

Treating the South Caucasus as one defined region is very credulous, which consequently runs the risk of blurring the complexities of regional policy-making.

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