International Security

Climate Change and Mental Health: An Unlikely Duo

Jessica Reed • Nov 14 2018 • Essays

Mental illness should be included as a critical issue in discussions of human security and global climate change.

Incubators of Terror: Anatomising the Determinants of Domestic Terrorism

Blair Welsh • Nov 11 2018 • Essays

The presence of domestic terrorism in a state is linked to government strength and the territorial control of the terrorist organizations themselves.

Conflicts over the Mismanagement of Water: A Refutation of Conventional Wisdom

Victor Fradet • Nov 3 2018 • Essays

The real issue around water basin is not the scarcity of water per se, but the fact that institutions are unable to commit to a fair distribution of this resource.

Weaponized Artificial Intelligence & Stagnation in the CCW: A North-South Divide

Alena Zafonte • Nov 1 2018 • Essays

The stagnation of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons stems from the discrepancy in technological development between the Global North and Global South.

Is Humanitarianism Merely a New Name for Old Forms of Violence and Domination?

Leonie Schaefer • Oct 13 2018 • Essays

While humanitarianism has been undermined by political and state interests, positive elements of the core idea still exist and should not be overlooked.

The Implicit Imperialism of Democratic Peace

Alexandros Zachariades • Oct 9 2018 • Essays

The idea that democratization is the path to peace rose with liberal victory after the Cold War, but this lacked major empirical backing or a tested peacebuilding model.

Mapping the Nexus Between Security and Development in the 21st Century

Leon Donadoni • Sep 29 2018 • Essays

While a mutually constitutive nexus between the fields of security and development exists, the relationship’s content remains ill-defined and unclear.

Gendered Perspectives and Nuclear Disarmament

Lauren Perlik • Sep 24 2018 • Essays

The inclusion of gendered perspectives in security issues is essential and may even provide an impetus for total nuclear disarmament.

The Spread of Islamic Terror in the Contemporary World

Patrick Hinton • Sep 23 2018 • Essays

The crux of the spread of terrorism lies individual leaders being able to anchor terrorist groups in weak states and use modern communication technologies effectively.

Mass Atrocities and Western Imperialism: Evaluating “Responsibility to Protect”

Laura Ningelgen • Sep 6 2018 • Essays

The Responsibility to Protect doctrine has largely failed to effectively end violence against civilians because of its status as a mechanism of humanitarian imperialism.

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