From Environmental Scarcity to ‘Rage of the Rich’ – Causes of Conflict in Mali
Through a focus on historical and contemporary causes of conflict in Mali since the 1960s, it is better understood how it came about and what is keeping it alive today.
The Non-Politics of the Responsibility to Protect Through a Securitisation Lens
For Libya, a revised securitisation framework categorises R2P as a pragmatic securitisation act-type, where non-political language justifies military action.
Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge: U.S. Arms Transfer Policy
The U.S. policy aimed at securing and maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge aims to promote Israeli security in a historically hostile region for Israel.
Old Wine, New Bottles: A Theoretical Analysis of Hybrid Warfare
Contrasting classical strategic theory with modern-day practices allows analysts to identify where hybrid warfare fits into the broader field of strategic studies.
Confronting Great Powers: New Zealand’s Nuclear Stance During the Cold War
Constructivism best reveals how France’s bombing of a Greenpeace protest vessel in 1982 emboldened and solidified New Zealand to pass the Nuclear Free New Zealand Act.
Humanitarianism and Securitisation: Contradictions in State Responses to Migration
When co-opted and deployed by state actors, humanitarianism is far from benign or apolitical: it has very real and dangerous effects on the lives and rights of migrants.
Computational Propaganda: Challenges and Responses
Cybercrimes have increased worldwide. A multidisciplinary approach is needed to fight this through techniques informed by social, political, and computer sciences.
Human Rights and Security in Public Emergencies
In states of exception, security objectives often negate human rights, but a human-rights compliant security approach can lead to better outcomes for public safety.
The Objectives of War: Glory and Justice, Advantage or Annihilation?
While the modes and actors of war have evolved in a post-Cold War world, the critical military objectives of war Hans Speier first identified have remained the same.
Power-sharing in Iraq as a Model for Afghanistan?
Looking to Iraq as an example, Afghanistan should be wary of formalizing consociational arrangements as the Taliban reintegrate into Afghan society.
