Regions

Is China Using the AIIB to Reinvent Asian Regionalism?

Amreeta Das • Mar 12 2018 • Essays

China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will not reinvent Asian regionalism as we know it today and will instead strengthen existing regional ties.

State-Building in Kosovo – Challenges of Legitimacy

John Allison • Mar 9 2018 • Essays

In the years since the 1999 NATO intervention to end violent conflict in Kosovo, state-building efforts have faced numerous challenges of legitimacy.

The Generational Diversity of Religious Orientations of Muslims in Britain

Farhana Akthar • Mar 8 2018 • Essays

There are generational differences between first generation and subsequent generations of British Mulims in regards to the interplay between culture and religion.

The Crimean “Precedent” and Unrecognized States in the Post-Soviet Space

Andreï-Bogdan Sterescu • Mar 5 2018 • Essays

Crimea is a relevant precedent in the Post-Soviet space, and Russia’s role in the conflicts and politics of unrecognized states in the region.

Perpetuating the Single Reality – the Culture of Rwanda’s Genocide Memorials

Brandon Dickson • Nov 29 2017 • Essays

Rwanda’s national genocide memorials have proved detrimental to their stated goal of memorialization, undermining the process for the Rwandan people.

Spaces of Exception and Refusal? The Borderzone of Mexico/US

Lewis Dowle • Nov 27 2017 • Essays

The Mexico/US borderzone is both a space of exception and refusal, rooted in a history of racial discourse and capitalist supremacy.

Hezbollah: At the Crossroads of Religion and Politics

Mairi Robertson • Nov 26 2017 • Essays

Hezbollah is at a crossroads in Syria, where its web of identities is in danger of coming undone.

Ya Basta! A Case for Social Movements in Critical Norm Research

Antony Martel • Nov 25 2017 • Essays

A critical approach to norms opens a new avenue for the field to study the contributions of social movements to International Relations.

The Effect of the Intervention in Libya on the International Debate about Syria

Jonathan Pugh • Nov 9 2017 • Essays

The intervention in Libya was seen by non-Western states as a dangerous legal precedent undermining the status state sovereignty had been given under international law.

The Future Prospects of the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance: A Two-Handed Strategy

Miki Hiyashi • Oct 14 2017 • Essays

The US-Japan security alliance is at a crossroads. A “two-handed” strategy of intensifying security cooperation while engaging a rising China is the best way forward.

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