This essay identifies three broad reasons for coups in West Africa: ethnic fractionalization, lack of economic progress and military dominance over civilians.
China’s military modernisation and restructuring is a complex endeavour involving personalities, domestic politics, foreign relations and the economy.
Colonial history is still reflected in the UK citizen deprivation policy, segregating white and Muslim British citizens—it has a global impact too.
The way ISIS rationalised its sexual slavery points to a transcendent and distinctive pattern of violence insufficiently explained by any of the existing theories.
The high-emitting state of Australia has obligations considering its international agreements: especially vis-à-vis its vulnerable Pacific Island state neighbours.
The European Union has abandoned its perceived humanitarian values to pursue a ‘state security’ ideology. The result? New policies make refugees increasingly unwelcome.
This essay argues that the EU established a tight framework for Foreign Direct Investment screening to securitise Chinese FDI in Europe.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has been underwhelming, plagued by shortcomings in the project itself and from the nature of governance and politics in Pakistan.
The 2021 UP Population Bill enables the UP state to consolidate focus on Hindutva politics that deploys aggressive policing of women and their reproductive capacities.
The evolving situation in the Southern Gulf of Mexico raises the question if the area has potential to become a piracy hotspot to the likes of the Gulf of Aden or Gulf of Guinea.
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