Regions

Human Rights and the ‘ASEAN Way’: Political Barriers to Progress

Byron Nagy • Nov 16 2016 • Essays

Little progress has been made towards the realisation of human rights in ASEAN, and attempts … will continue to perform poorly.

The Sovereignty Dispute Over the Falkland Islands

Carlos Rodriguez • Nov 11 2016 • Essays

The Falklands War of 1982 was the most obvious example of a dispute which had fluctuated since the 17th century, and pitched arguments of discovery against sovereignty.

Factors Behind Deteriorating Sino-Japanese Relations

Gerald Sim • Nov 1 2016 • Essays

Incidents such as territorial disputes and nationalist protests are but symptoms of deeper undercurrents at work in deteriorating Sino-Japanese relations.

Mexico’s Neoliberal Fix: U.S. Foreign Policy and the War on Drugs

Constantin Gouvy • Oct 19 2016 • Essays

Neoliberal policies of the 1980-90s in Mexico have triggered the explosion of violence caused by Drug Trafficking Organisations and that is, to this day, still present.

Kunarac: Defining Rape under International Criminal Law

Werner Hofs • Oct 16 2016 • Essays

The Kunarac case represented the international community’s willingness to recognise women’s vulnerability to mass atrocities.

To What Extent Does the UK Asylum Support System Contribute to Destitution?

Phoebe Green • Sep 22 2016 • Essays

The media gives the impression that asylum seekers are a threat to the welfare state. However, the reality is that the state is a threat to asylum seekers.

Why Infanticide Happens Almost Exclusively to Girls and Not Boys

Mohammed Adel Chowdhury • Sep 9 2016 • Essays

The interplay of attitudes and economics within a context of poverty is presented as an explanation as to why females are almost exclusively the victims of infanticide.

Preemptive Self-Defense, Customary International Law, and the Congolese Wars

Patrick Kelly • Sep 3 2016 • Essays

Preemptive self-defence was cited by Rwanda and Uganda during the two Congolese Wars, presenting some significant questions for international law.

Reconciliation in Transitional and Post-conflict Societies: Healing or Impunity?

Yvonne Manzi • Sep 2 2016 • Essays

Reconciliation is more meaningful when viewed as a transformative process which favours a restorative notion of justice, rather than as merely another word for impunity.

Are Arab Nationalism and Islamism Two Sides of the Same Coin?

Nathanael Chouraqui • Sep 2 2016 • Essays

Arab nationalism & Islamism, intertwined from birth, grew out of a shared anti-Western identity but the contents & meanings of this rejection are fundamentally different.

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