Regions

The Significance of the Dreyfus Affairs on Politics in France from 1894 to 1906

Jean-Baptiste Tai-Sheng Jacquet • Jun 6 2012 • Essays

The Dreyfus affair helped the French Republic reassert her power over the army and those parties who wanted to topple the democracy.

France: Proud of her Role During the Rwandan Genocide?

Fiona Cumberland • Jun 4 2012 • Essays

France’s strategic interests dictated its involvement during the Rwandan genocide. The incentive to preserve la Francophonie superseded any humanitarian action concerns.

Is it Possible to Devise a Fair System of Lustration?

Laisve Linkute • Jun 1 2012 • Essays

In post-communist countries, the most popular method for dealing with the communist past was lustration. Some countries dealt with former collaborators more harshly than others, but ultimately it is not possible to devise a fair system of lustration.

Flight of the Drone: Geopolitical Analysis of Drone Warfare over the Gaza Strip

Connor Lattimer • May 31 2012 • Essays

This paper critically analyses how the Hermes 450 and UCAVs as objects project political power in territorial conflicts and disputes.

What Makes a Failed State? Examining the Case of Zimbabwe

Roxanne Juliane Kovacs • May 31 2012 • Essays

Zimbabwe, unlike its neighbour Botswana, has emerged as a predatory state; clinging on to state power has become the main objective of the political elite is to cling on to state power.

The Essentially Misunderstood Nature of Political Islam

Ioana Tartacuta • May 30 2012 • Essays

This essay rejects the notion that Islam is radical and suggests that portraying it as such is a direct consequence of America’s misconceptions about the scope and reach of Islamic values.

Is Human Progress Inevitable?

Joe Sutcliffe • May 30 2012 • Essays

Modernisation, development and globalisation are not inevitable and ‘hard work’ to ensure neoliberal globalisation in the global south has not created progress.

Will Sino-U.S. Relations Eventually Lead to War?

George Sims • May 29 2012 • Essays

The relationship between the US and China can be seen as one of opportunity and a cause for concern. Flashpoints like Taiwan, energy acquisition and military capabilities could lead to conflict if left unresolved.

EU Member States and Asylum Policy: Theoretical Approaches

Mallory A. Inzetta • May 28 2012 • Essays

Neither neo-functionalism nor liberal intergovernmentalism provides a superior explanation for why EU member states have ceded some of their sovereignty with regards to asylum policy. Ultimately it is a combination of the two theories that provides the best explanation.

‘New Wars’ and Their Implications For Bosnian Statebuilding

Arne Bartelsman • May 28 2012 • Essays

The recent behaviour of international interveners, shaped by the erroneous theories of ‘new wars’ literature, is not useful in the establishment of a self-sustainable democracy.

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