Regions

The Tension Between National Energy Sovereignty and Intra-European Solidarity

Catharina Savelkoul • May 25 2021 • Essays

Diverging energy dependency and bilateral agreements between the EU’s member states and Russia hinder its ability to project foreign energy policy as a unified body.

The Mediator’s Trap: Dayton’s Cultural Negligence for a Culture of Peace

Mauro ter Heyne • May 24 2021 • Essays

Incorporating socio-cultural dimensions is essential to stimulate tacit reconciliation in deep-rooted identity conflicts such as in Bosnia.

Pinkwashing the Occupation: Narratives of Interracial Gay Relations in Israeli Film

Roni Zahavi-Brunner • May 18 2021 • Essays

Palestinian-Israeli gay relations depicted in Israeli cinema serve to pinkwash, or use liberal queer ideology, to diminish the violent occupation of Palestine.

Bargaining for Protection – the Case of Climate Refugees

Zuza Nazaruk • May 18 2021 • Essays

The lack of an international consensus on climate refugees and the power of humanitarian aid determine the status and movement of such refugees across states.

A New Era of UN Peacekeeping? The Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa

anon • May 14 2021 • Essays

The implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda via Security Council Resolution 1325 has the potential to advance gender in UN peacekeeping missions in Africa.

Rojava’s Patriarchal Liberation: Solving the Feminist Anti-Militarism Problem?

Hedda Gudim • May 10 2021 • Essays

Kurdish women and feminism constitute a force of resistance against patriarchy and domination through the conjunction of democratic confederalism and military resistance.

Climate Debt: A Model for Indigenous Latin American Self-determination?

Danielle Santos • May 7 2021 • Essays

Latin America provides relevant context for the implications of a climate debt scheme given its high levels of foreign debt and significant export of natural resources.

From Bandung to R2P: Non-Western Contributions to Modern Sovereignty

Emil Sondaj Hansen • May 4 2021 • Essays

Contributions of non-Western states challenge narratives about the natural expansion of international society or the construction of a solely Western global order.

On African Sources of Knowledge: Studies into the Instrumentality of Ubuntu for IR

Joffrey Doma • May 3 2021 • Essays

Integrating the theoretical framework of the philosophy of “Ubuntu,” originating from South Africa, has the potential to be an instrumental force in IR.

The Mobilisation of Sectarian Identities in the Syrian Civil War

Antonia Robson • May 3 2021 • Essays

The Assad regime’s securitisation and violent crackdowns led to “counter-sectarianisation” in the Sunni opposition, accelerating Syria’s descent into a civil war.

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