Regions

Recursive Politics: The 20th-Century Roots of China’s Return to Monarchy

Christopher Boose • Nov 4 2019 • Essays

A look into the history and political philosophy of China explains its current authoritarian tendencies.

Analysis of the Reluctance of Male Congolese Victims of WSV to Seek Help

Nina Marie Roesler • Oct 21 2019 • Essays

The underrepresentation of male-directed wartime sexual violence and fixed notions of gender and heteronormativity contribute to the reluctance of victims to seek help.

Security Implications of the Export of Chinese Surveillance Systems

Vincent Boucher • Oct 16 2019 • Essays

China legitimizes its position in the world by promoting its surveillance state model as a stable alternative to democracies and other autocracies.

Assessing Global Response to Rising Sea Levels: Who Needs to Be Involved?

Dominique Grabau • Oct 10 2019 • Essays

Addressing rising sea levels that affect islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans will allow for stronger climate change solutions globally.

Shaping the Transnational Capitalist Class: TNCs and the Global Economy

Chiara Reverdito • Oct 6 2019 • Essays

The trans-nationalisation of production has benefited and structurally shaped society through the creation of a Transnational Corporate Class in host countries.

Is the European Union’s Institutional Architecture in Multiple Crisis?

Jed Lim • Sep 14 2019 • Essays

The multiple crises facing the EU are not isolated incidents, but are complex and interconnected issues developed over the course of the EU’s history.

Obama and ‘Learning’ in Foreign Policy: Military Intervention in Libya and Syria

Rupert Schulenburg • Sep 5 2019 • Essays

‘Learning’ as an analytical framework shows how Obama’s decision-making towards the Gaddafi and Assad regimes was informed by past US interventions.

Revolutionary Religion: Shia Islam and the Iranian Revolution

Nathan Olsen • Sep 3 2019 • Essays

The Iranian revolution of 1979 can be considered as Islamic, yet we must recognize the socioeconomic conditions and existing political movements which fostered change.

Should the Rome Statute Include the Crime of Ecocide?

Ari Bilotta • Aug 28 2019 • Essays

The crime of ‘Ecocide’ is analysed within the context of the Vietnam War, suggesting that it should be added to the Rome Statute.

A Pluriversal Perspective on the Life and Death of the Socialist World

Mathieu Mignot • Aug 13 2019 • Essays

The concept of the pluriverse is introduced to reconcile the theorisation of Soviet communism and its downfall with the situated experiences of Soviet citizens.

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