Modernities for ‘Alternatives to Development’: Vietnamese Colonial Modernity
Post-development should open space in a previously colonised field for alternative ontologies on the nature of being and concepts of a good society.
Limits of Liberal Feminist Peacebuilding in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Western support for the WPS agenda in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has fostered processes of ‘hybridisation’ and ‘NGOisation’ that depoliticise local women’s movements.
Suffering and Dependence: How Colonialist Discourse Denies African Statehood
To question decolonisation is to perpetuate the Hegelian notion of Africa’s historical immobility, and this can only be shed by the complete overthrow of the settler.
Did Oleg Gordievsky’s Espionage Hasten the End of the Cold War?
Through shaping the West’s views of the USSR and in turn its response via the intelligence he provided, Gordievsky had a strategic impact on the end of the Cold War.
A Peaceful Resolution: Analysing Sustained Peace and Order in Mizoram
Post insurgency, Mizoram provides a stark exception to the usually politically volatile and unstable post-conflict situations that do not maintain peace.
How Do Travel Vlogs Contribute to GDP’s Dominance in World Politics?
Through their introduction, plot and characters, Western travel narratives in YouTube vlogs exoticize Gross National Happiness and normalise the GDP development paradigm.
Deterrence and Ambiguity: Motivations behind Israel’s Nuclear Strategy
Israel’s policy of deliberate nuclear ambiguity enabled Israel and the United States to continue their crucial relationship and not raise Cold War tensions.
Transitional Justice in Colombia: Between Retributive and Restorative Justice
Colombia’s Comprehensive System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition (SIVJRNR) presents a mixed restorative and retributive justice approach in peace building.
Struggle and Success of Chinese Soft Power: The Case of China in South Asia
Has China’s cultural and material export led recipients to desire what it does? Focused on South Asia, this essay evaluates China’s notion of and struggle for soft power.
Transnational Corporations, State Capacity and Development in Nigeria
While TNCs have sometimes acted as development agents in host countries, their developmental contribution is marginal.
