Virtual Invasion: ‘Just War’ and Orientalism in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
The latest game in the Call of Duty franchise is shown to rely on Orientalist caricatures, skewed perceptions of violence, and a narrative of ‘Western’ righteousness.
Local Peace Aspirations and International Perceptions of Peacebuilding in Somalia
The UN should promote a hybrid state order in Somalia, combining a limited central state with existing local governance initiatives, instead of a liberal state model.
The Angolan Civil War: Conflict Economics or the Divine Right of Kings?
The long duration of the Angolan Civil War must be understood through interconnected factors that ebbed and flowed as the national and international context changed.
Analysing Principal-Agent Relationships in Liberia during the Ebola Crisis
There is a clear negative correlation between Liberian public trust in their President and Parliament and the number of new Ebola cases rising.
The Meaning of US Drone Warfare in the War on Terror
Disposability can be understood as structures that manage life and the distribution of death in the interests of actors in global economic and political networks.
Racial Security: The Unobserved Threat in IR
The complexities of race have received little engagement in IR and continue to be sifted through white frameworks that create oversimplifications and generalizations.
‘Drone Vision’: Precision Ethics Theory and the Royal Air Force’s use of Drones
‘Drone vision’ leads us to ask if drone pilots can make correct and accurate decisions in order to prevent the deaths of non-combatants.
How Successful Has the UN Been in Maintaining International Peace and Security?
While there has been criticism of UN attempts to maintain peace, the organisation has been particularly successful in creating international norms.
Double Agency? On the Role of LTTE and FARC Female Fighters in War and Peace
Despite the substantial agency women often hold in rebel militant groups, female combatants’ gendered realities rarely improve.
Securitising the War On Terror
The policy response to the 9/11 Attacks disproportionally securitised global terrorism as an existential threat by using the genre of war, rather than crime.
