Socio-ecological Security: Moving Beyond the Human-Nature Dualism
Socio-ecological security is a relational and normative concept that sees humans as internal to nature, and seeks to secure sustainable socio-ecological relations.
Can ‘Title X’ Improve Women and Young People’s Reproductive Health?
Reproductive health care policies, like Title X in the U.S., are controversial. Their ability to be effective has been constrained by opposition from various groups.
Why Is It So Difficult to Fight Human Trafficking?
Beyond issues of data scarcity and legally defining trafficking, there are inadequate measures to prosecute traffickers, protect victims, and prevent trafficking.
The Politics of Securitising Migration
Framing migration as a security issue enacts a conception of political community based on fear, in which belonging is determined beyond democratic political contestation.
Agricultural Overproduction and the Deteriorating Environment
Overproducing food, while allowing for food security, also disrupt world markets as well as causes immense environmental damage to soil and water supplies.
Almost the Same, But Not Quite (Soft): the Duality of Russian Soft Power
Russia’s attempt to use soft power in foreign policy is both counter-hegemonic and oriented toward promoting a regional, Russo-centric hegemonic order.
A Framework Convention on Global Health: A Step to Better Health for All
There should be an effective global right to health and it would be worthwhile for states to negotiate and ratify a Framework Convention on Global Health.
Have Western Powers Lost the Art of Strategy?
‘Strategy’ is a concept Western powers have struggled to define throughout history, and never truly owned. The 2003 Iraq War was a clear embodiment of this struggle.
Australia’s Refugee Challenge
As Australia is obligated to create a peaceful culture by creating policies which include asylum seekers and refugees, its human rights violations cannot continue.
Assessing the Relationship between Power and Morality in Nonviolent Action
Nonviolent action can simultaneously be pragmatic in its power to achieve the desired goal and principled by being rooted initially in morality.
