Regions

Was NATO’s decision to militarily intervene in the Kosovo War a ‘last resort’?

Flamur Krasniqi • Feb 11 2017 • Essays

The ambiguity of the Just War Theory in the case of NATO’s military intervention in Kosovo has resulted into divided and opposing interpretations.

Has Obama Delivered Change Or Continuity In US Foreign Policy?

Javier Martín Merchán • Jan 20 2017 • Essays

As Obama departs office, his ability to deliver change and attitude to foreign policies is retrospectively assessed.

Economic Interdependence and Conflict – The Case of the US and China

Joel Einstein • Jan 17 2017 • Essays

The liberal assumption that high levels of trade and investment between two states like the US and China will make war unlikely, if not impossible, is overly simplistic.

An Analysis of the Indian Further Education System Regarding Gender Inequality

Katy Edwards • Jan 13 2017 • Essays

Gender inequality in India’s further education system is investigated through the variables of transition rates, subjects chosen, literacy rates and early marriage.

The Nakba, The Holocaust and Collective Victimhood

Uygar Baspehlivan • Jan 9 2017 • Essays

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is perpetuated by culturally and socially embedded discourses of victimhood that are existent in both countries’ narratives.

Terrorism and the PLO: The Effectiveness of Terrorism as a Political Tool

Sarah Gilmour • Dec 5 2016 • Essays

The example of the PLO’s terrorist campaign against Israel demonstrates that terrorism is unlikely to be an effective tool to achieve political goals.

Peacebuilding in and beyond the European Union

Nadezhda Trichkova • Dec 5 2016 • Essays

While the maturation of its praxes allowed the EU to enter the thus defined peacebuilding space, it is its unique nature that brings value to global peacebuilding.

China’s Cooperation on the Mekong River in the Realm of Complex Interdependence

Max Neugebauer • Dec 4 2016 • Essays

As the most important and powerful upstream country in Asia, China becomes imperative to any cooperation on water-related issues.

Are Pre-Second World War Writings on International Politics Still Relevant?

Flamur Krasniqi • Dec 3 2016 • Essays

The Twenty Years’ Crisis by E.H. Carr and The Three Guineas by Woolf are considered seminal texts in the study of IR, yet their relevance to the present is in question.

Dependency Theory: A Useful Tool for Analyzing Global Inequalities Today?

Elisabeth Farny • Nov 23 2016 • Essays

Several thoughts and concepts from the dependency approach are still applicable for making sense of global inequalities in today’s globalized world.

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