Artificial Influence: Exploring AI’s Impact on Political and Social Realities
The spread of disinformation campaigns challenges the integrity of public discourse, democratic processes, and social harmony.
Cuban Intelligence after the Cold War: A Case Study in Adaptation and Influence
Cuban intelligence adeptly evolved post-Cold War by prioritizing information acquisition and alliances to safeguard its national interests.
Do Coups d’État Influence Peace Negotiations During Civil War?
The Sudanese Civil War shows that mechanisms by which coups come to resemble ‘peace-inducing shocks’ are easily interrupted by ‘spoilers’ who oppose the terms of peace.
How Did Russia Use Anti-Western Narratives To Justify Intervening In Syria?
Russian narratives on Syria to justify military intervention are anti-Western, and comprise claims to legitimate counterterrorism and adherence to international law.
The Battle of Austerlitz and the Utility of Game Theory for Operational Analysis
Game theory allows analysts to model even complex battlefield scenarios, enabling past and future military operations to be simulated and alternative courses of action compared.
From 9/11 to Humanise Palestine: Investigating the Terror of Grievability
Reproduced violence in videos and images registers an order of grievability that fails to recognise the value of lives in the Middle East as lives.
The Stopping Power of Water: An Outdated Concept?
The oceans do not pose nearly as large of an obstacle to a regional hegemon attempting to venture further outwards as they have in the past.
The Origins of Regionalism in the EU and ASEAN
Both convergence and divergence in the extra- and intra-regional security dynamics shaped the emergence/deepening of the Cold War-era EU and ASEAN.
Do Human Rights Protect or Threaten Security?
Human rights discourse is premised upon the deleterious assumption that humans are separate from and supreme to nature.
Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Imperialist Dynamics in International Law
By hegemonically promoting a hierarchical type of sovereign equality, the West perpetuates an unfair international system by failing to listen to distinct voices.
