China’s Rise in Historical Context: Prospects for Peaceful Integration
The U.S. and the international community must recognize that the question at stake is not the fact of China’s rise, but how the global community can avoid shortsighted defensiveness.
The Shifting Discourse of the “Responsibility to Protect”
The R2P has not only offered nothing genuine to solve the initial humanitarian intervention dilemma, but also “de-links” us from it.
Chinese Nationalism and Foreign Policy: A Cause for Concern or Patriot Games?
Chinese patriotism, or nationalism, will very much remain what outside observers decide to make of it, and cognizant of this, Western policy should not seek to create a realist self-fulfilling prophecy.
The Iranian Nuclear Program: Realist vs. Constructivist Models
The isolation and resistance Iran has faced in pursuing its nuclear program serves as a handicap to achieving many long-term foreign policy objectives.
An Ethical Analysis of the Modern Sanctions Regime Against Iran
In order to avoid tensions boiling over and possibly leading to violent military action, the US, UN, and EU need to work with Iran so as to ensure a peaceful nuclear program.
What is the Best Grand Strategy for the United States in 2012?
The fixity of US overseas interests – control over oil and waterways – and the erosion of global unipolarity must serve as the central bases for any viable grand strategic proposal.
The United Nations System: How Australia can Punch Above its Weight
Engagement with the UN should be prioritised in Australia’s foreign policy, requiring a rethink of diplomatic capacity and the development of a broad platform for engagement.
The Implications of Statelessness on the Politics of Protection
By ensuring that a person is entitled to the nationality where he is most linked, an individual is more likely to be able to effectively access the rights which are bestowed upon him.
Energy Sector FDI in Azerbaijan: An Example of Good Governance?
Natural resources in Azerbaijan attract significant FDI, but dependence on oil-sector revenues does not always suggest good governance.
Constructing Responsibility: Sovereignty and Intervention in the Wake of Libya
If states act according to self-interest and material capacity, as the dominant paradigm suggests, why do values and common humanity even matter?
