Regions

Armies of Women: The Syria Crisis and the New War Thesis

Timothy Abington • Mar 27 2019 • Essays

The Syrian Civil War constitutes a “new war” from the feminist perspective when it is contextualised within the literature of the new war debate.

Principles or Power: Mussolini’s Invasion of Ethiopia

Anthony Luongo • Mar 26 2019 • Essays

Mussolini’s invasion of Ethiopia and the failure of the League of Nations to prevent it is best explained through the liberal school of International Relations.

Crisis or Continuation? The Trump Administration and Liberal Internationalism

Andrew Dryhurst • Mar 20 2019 • Essays

The Trump presidency’s foreign policy can be understood in ‘Trumpian’ Neo-realist terms, which has potential ramifications for the Liberal Internationalist Order.

Building Boundaries: The Sources of Nagorno Karabakh’s De Facto Statehood

Larissa de Castro Nogueira • Mar 11 2019 • Essays

This essay explains the variety of forces that operate within Nagorno Karabakh’s enclave – especially the ones related to Nation-Building and State-Making processes.

The Instrumentalization of Energy and Arms Sales in Russia’s Middle East Policy

Mehmet Akif Koç • Mar 9 2019 • Essays

Energy cooperation and arms sales to the Middle East have emerged as key foreign policy instruments for Russia in its attempted re-emergence as a Great Power.

Violence and Political Order: Galtung, Arendt and Anderson on the Nation-State

Jessica Schwarz • Mar 7 2019 • Essays

The nation-state’s monopoly of violence means that the two are inextricably linked, with nationalism being the basis of political order.

A Strategic Playground: What Are Russia’s Interests in Post-9/11 Central Asia?

Chu Kah Leong • Mar 6 2019 • Essays

Moscow’s hegemonic aspirations in Central Asia have led to a complex strategy involving dilution of American presence in the region and limited cooperation with China.

Agents of Change: Policy Entrepreneurs and Inducements in International Politics

Nathan Olsen • Mar 4 2019 • Essays

Influential stakeholders within foreign policy elites are necessary to break with existing cultural norms and push positive inducements to the top of the policy agenda.

How Effective Is the SCO as a Tool for Chinese Foreign Policy?

George Battams-Scott • Feb 26 2019 • Essays

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is the best way forward for Chinese foreign policy, but the risk of competition or conflict between China and Russia remains.

Were Fukuyama, Mearsheimer or Huntington Right about the Post-Cold War Era?

Benjamin Smith • Feb 25 2019 • Essays

The prospective claims made by Fukuyama, Mearsheimer and Huntington are insufficient to adequately describe post-Cold War international relations.

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