International Law on Cyber Security in the Age of Digital Sovereignty
The present international law on cyber relations does not effectively apply to states given challenges of jurisdiction, arbitration, and legal instruments.
Is the Military a Masculinised Expression of Society?
The military is representative of an international political landscape in which masculinity is considered natural and superior to feminine traits.
Revisiting Wendt: An Argument for the Normativity of Wendtian Constructivism
While Wendt does not offer a comprehensive ethical framework, he does have a normative side where he offers a goal to strive towards and a moral way for state to act.
What’s Stopping Us? The Failures Behind Famine Prevention in the 21st Century
Famine classification should be based upon a combination of both quantitative and qualitative factors to improve international and local responses to the issue.
Visceralities of the Border: Contemporary Border Regimes in a Globalised World
Inverting the premise of the borderless capitalist landscape, it is argued that the border is constitutive of capitalism and at the heart of social life today.
Harnessing Alterity to Address the Obstacles of the Democratic Peace Theory
Democratic Peace Theory is challenged in this essay, specifically examining whether democracy is the only route to peace.
Misreading Clausewitz: The Enduring Relevance of On War
Criticism of Clausewitz is based on a fundamental misreading of Clausewitz’s theory of war and the philosophical framework in which it is set.
Is Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” a Self-fulfilled Prophecy?
Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations,” though fraught with polarizing opinions, still has relevance to contemporary policies and politics.
Reflexivity and Autobiography within International Relations Theory
Autobiographical IR transcends an ontologically fixed subject and object, opting instead to deconstruct their nature and complicate their interactions with reflexivity.
Buy Good, Do Good, Be Good? Ethical Consumption as Neoliberal Governmentality
Neoliberal capitalism is reproduced by discourse of ethical consumption as a global-corporate and individualised conflation of the economic and social spheres.
