Regions

Social Media in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Matthew Ellis • Jul 28 2017 • Essays

The traditional news media’s efforts to produce constant coverage of the events from the 2016 US election campaign have left it exposed to growing social media trends.

An Analysis of Online Terrorist Recruiting and Propaganda Strategies

Mark Taylor • Jul 19 2017 • Essays

The rise to prominence of online terrorist recruitment and propaganda strategies has become a major concern of national security services worldwide.

The Perception Gap Over Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East

Shawn McFall • Jul 13 2017 • Essays

The ongoing challenge for the United States and the International Community is the ambiguity over Saudi Arabia and Iran’s nuclear aspirations.

How Park Chung-hee Made the Most of the South Korea-US Vietnam War Alliance

Ben Alperstein • Jul 9 2017 • Essays

The relationship between the two countries, one a hegemon and one a new nation, was truly uneven – but not in the ways one would expect.

France, Post-secularism and Islam

Lucie Pebay • Jun 12 2017 • Essays

The French model can be considered as a great example that demonstrates the complex intertwining of the religious and the secular in modern times.

A Neo-Gramscian Analysis of Brexit

Isabel Airas • May 30 2017 • Essays

Brexit was the result of several diverse, and often seemingly contradictory, ideas coalescing around the counter-hegemonic rejection of EU hegemonic ‘common sense’.

The Rise of the Developmental State in China and Its Absence in India

Haoyu Zhai • May 12 2017 • Essays

The factors of state autonomy, capacity and strategy help to explain the rise of the developmental state in China and its absence in India.

Compliance with UN Watercourses Convention: Half Full or Half Empty?

Bhargav Sriganesh • May 12 2017 • Essays

How can the UN Watercourses Convention minimise the risks of inter-state conflict over water resources?

The Aesthetics of Revolt: Emerging Political Subjectivities in the Arab Spring

Samuel Singler • May 12 2017 • Essays

Aesthetic forms of revolt live on in the collective memory as well as in their material forms, and continue to provide a repertoire for subsequent political action.

The Alleged Failure of Multilateralism in Syria: Beyond a Realist Trap

Thomas Dayer • May 11 2017 • Essays

Earlier in history, multilateralism was deemed a ‘realist necessity’. In the current era, it is reshaped through battles of values.

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