International Theory

From Rivalry to Friendship: The European State Systems and the Cultures of Anarchy

Matti Spara • Sep 13 2020 • Essays

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

anon • Sep 12 2020 • Essays

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

Patricia Sophia Wild • Sep 1 2020 • Essays

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?

Simon Hilditch • Aug 27 2020 • Essays

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

Sanya Chandra • Aug 2 2020 • Essays

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’

Kate Williams • Jul 27 2020 • Essays

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

Gianmarco Riva • Jul 23 2020 • Essays

Applied to questions of arms control, critical approaches to International Relations provide the field with a necessary theoretical reevaluation.

How to Change the Story of the Pandemic with Daoist IR

Aileen Schuurmans • Jul 20 2020 • Essays

Western perspectives on IR have framed COVID-19 as an invisible enemy to be defeated, but Daoist theory may change how we understand the pandemic.

The Construction and Implementation of Migration Practices in Europe and America

Natasha Colvine • Jul 18 2020 • Essays

Securitisation theory offers a way to analyse how migrants are framed as security threats in America and Europe through rhetoric and practice.

Are We Entering an “Asian Century?”: The Possibility of a New International Order

Keita Kawakita • Jul 4 2020 • Essays

Both Asia’s internal political problems and America’s structural advantages prevent the “Asian Century” from becoming a political reality.

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