Regions

Marine Le Pen and the Populist Radical Right

Matthew Broadbent • Aug 26 2014 • Essays

Le Pen has effectively established an unbreakable rapport with her electorate to evolve a radical-right party on the fringes into a mainstream electoral menace.

The Construction of Immigration in Italian Media

Giulia Matassa • Aug 25 2014 • Essays

The framing of immigration in Italian media takes a security, military or economic shape. This problematically ‘others’ & delegitimises those immigrants.

Why the Military Did Not Take Over: Understanding Pakistan’s Democratic Path

Sridevi Nambiar • Aug 22 2014 • Essays

Continued democracy in Pakistan is a consequence of the military deciding not to intervene, as they believe they can wield power over the weak civilian government.

Does the State Always Precede the Nation in the Middle East & North Africa?

Julian Modiano • Aug 14 2014 • Essays

Taking Turkey and Egypt as two conflicting examples, the issue of whether the state precedes the nation is illuminated in its multi-varied and complex nature.

Non-Western Perspectives on Constitutional Supremacy

Sheena Singh • Aug 8 2014 • Essays

Greater flexibility, vulnerability, and uncertainty differentiate constitutional supremacy in non-Western countries such as Turkey and India from Western nations.

‘Alternative Development’ as a Policy to Combat Illegal Drug Production

Adam Barr • Aug 6 2014 • Essays

Alternative development programmes, and supply-side policies in general, have been ineffective in combating illegal drug production at the national and regional level.

The Arab Uprisings, Globalisation and Postmodernity

Ueli Staeger • Aug 5 2014 • Essays

The profane demands of Arab postmodernity did not reject the general idea of modernisation; they safeguarded a universal sense of amelioration and emancipation.

American Exceptionalism: Exemplifying Patriotism and Justifying Imperialism

Caleb Spencer • Aug 1 2014 • Essays

American exceptionalism exemplifies the patriotic essence of the American people, but it has also proven problematic for the conduct of sound American foreign policy.

International Security and “Failed States”: A Cause for Concern?

Francesco Cecon • Jul 25 2014 • Essays

Failed states signal that the Westphalian model lacks empirical support and is a simple political construction that deserves greater theoretical scrutiny.

Victim-Politics and Post-Conflict Foreign Policy in Rwanda and Sri Lanka

Kithmina Hewage • Jul 24 2014 • Essays

Sri Lanka and Rwanda elicit a sense of victimhood upon which their respective foreign policies have been built.

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