International Theory

Capitalism and the Rise of New Slavery: From Slave Trade to Slave in Trade

Akshat Sogani • Feb 2 2019 • Essays

To confront new slavery, we need to realise the paradoxes in the West and start questioning basic ideas including sovereignty, freedom and realism as an ideology.

Have Waltz’s Critics Misunderstood His Theory of International Politics?

Jodie Bradshaw • Feb 1 2019 • Essays

Kenneth Waltz’s incompatible use of a positivist approach has become a major shortcoming of his Theory of International Politics.

National Identity and the Construction of Enemies: Constructivism and Populism

Lena Johanna Kappenberg • Jan 27 2019 • Essays

Constructivism elucidates how populist parties use identity construction and interest creation to portray their policies as necessary protections of national identity.

Risk Theory vs. Securitisation: An Analysis of the Global Surveillance Program

Michael Phan Minh Nguyen • Jan 16 2019 • Essays

Risk theory’s analysis of global surveillance networks provides a superior alternative to securitisation theory, but it continues to remain underdeveloped.

Creating A Terrorist: Evan Kohlmann v. Sami Osmakac

Megan Rogers • Jan 10 2019 • Essays

The expert report in the trial of Sami Osmakac is critically flawed and ultimately unfit to serve as testament to the defendant’s status as a “homegrown” terrorist.

An Ethical Dilemma: How Classical Realism Conceives Human Nature

Darcy Forster • Jan 10 2019 • Essays

Classical realism’s understanding of human nature renders an imperfect depiction of reality that fails to incorporate progress or metaphysical development.

Globalisation, Agency, Theory: A Critical Analysis of Marxism in Light of Brexit

Johanna Siebert • Jan 5 2019 • Essays

Despite an increasing degree of economic integration, Marxist theory must consider geopolitical competition in the relationship between capitalism and the state system.

Game Theory and Disarmament: Thinking Beyond the Table

Max Willner-Giwerc • Dec 18 2018 • Essays

Disarmament can be facilitated through the creation of “disarmament bonds,” a strategy supported by the logic of game theory.

Critics of Liberal Peace: Are Hybridity & Local Turn Approaches More Effective?

Juleus Ghunta • Dec 13 2018 • Essays

Despite legitimate critiques of the liberal approach to peace, local and hybrid approaches have failed to present a compelling alternative to the present order.

Is “One Man’s Terrorist Another Man’s Freedom Fighter”?

Vilde Skorpen Wikan • Nov 29 2018 • Essays

Terrorists can, in certain theoretical cases, be considered freedom fighters through Just War Theory. However, it is doubtful this threshold is ever reached in practice.

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