“Checkbook Citizenship”: Renewed Relevance for the Nottebohm Ruling
The Nottebohm case has seen renewed relevance in the debate over “checkbook citizenship”—which offers a fast track to a passport in exchange for investment in that state.
Does War Ever Change? A Clausewitzian Critique of Hybrid Warfare
Does contemporary hybrid warfare represent a fundamental change to the character or nature of war? Revisiting Clausewitz’s theory of war reveals it does not.
Cosmological Politics: Towards a Planetary Balance of Power for the Anthropocene
Classic balance of power theory can be adapted to include concepts of cosmological significance and complicate the divide between nature and culture.
From Rivalry to Friendship: The European State Systems and the Cultures of Anarchy
The formation of the European Community after the Second World War represents a clear break with past forms of state systems of Europe.
‘Illegal Criminals Invading’: Securitising Asylum-Seekers in Australia and the US
Securitizing asylum-seeking disregards international refugee and human rights law while also leading to the inhumane treatment of those fleeing from persecution.
China’s Instrument or Europe’s Influence? Safeguard Policies in the AIIB
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has implemented safeguard policies that rival those of the World Bank Group. How can existing IR theory explain this?
How Should the International Criminal Court Be Assessed?
The most appropriate way to evaluate the success or failure of the ICC is to apply comparative case study methods to critique based in pragmatism.
Understanding Refugees Through ‘Home’ by Warsan Shire
Home forces us to contend with a larger problem – exclusion from the circle of grief based on the lack of shared norms of humanity.
Neocolonialism in J.A. Bayona’s ‘The Impossible’
The popular ‘rose tinted’ depiction of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami justifies the Global North’s neocolonial foreign aid strategies.
Critical Theory Meets Arms Control
Applied to questions of arms control, critical approaches to International Relations provide the field with a necessary theoretical reevaluation.
