International Theory

An Evaluation of Neoconservative Foreign Policy

David Sykes • Apr 1 2012 • Essays

Neoconservative foreign policy has a solid core of reasonable assumptions, but America’s attempts to put the neoconservative agenda into practice came at an enormous human and political cost.

SAPs and the Build up to the Rwandan Genocide

Thomas Hauschildt • Mar 31 2012 • Essays

It is evident that SAPs worsened the economic situation of Rwanda, and they had significant effects on the wider social and political environment.

A Postcolonial Perspective on Immigration Regimes and International Order

Hannah Butt • Mar 18 2012 • Essays

This paper aims to disrupt this neat division of internal and external relations, and offer a much more complex view of the contemporary world order.

Can International Law Lead to a Fundamental Transformation of Politics?

Matthew Saayman • Mar 9 2012 • Essays

Realists maintain that international law cannot radically alter the behaviour of states; it cannot satisfy the unyielding thirst for power. This paper will begin by examining the realist view of neutrality in international law, after which it will provide two alternative viewpoints.

Violently Repressive Authoritarian Regimes and Legitimacy

Samantha K. Lee • Mar 9 2012 • Essays

Any government, even a violently repressive authoritarian one, can be legitimate given that its people believe it to be so.

Federalism and Consociationalism in India

Jonathan Porter • Mar 5 2012 • Essays

India is a classic plural society and a massive federal polity. It proves a good case in studying the effect of federalism on ethnically diverse societies.

The Democratic Peace Theory

Kevin Placek • Feb 18 2012 • Essays

The global spread of democracy will result in greater international peace if this occurs in parallel with the strengthening of economic interdependence and international organisations.

The Enigma of Iranian-Is​raeli Relations

Uri Marantz • Feb 8 2012 • Essays

The recent intensification of enmity between Iran and Israel has been the focus of political analysts, pundits, practitioners, and critics alike.

Can We Simply “Add Gender” To Other International Relations Theories?

Sana Azad Rasoul • Jan 28 2012 • Essays

Feminist understandings cannot be viewed as mere supplements to the more classical paradigms because of the epistemological and ontological variations at work.

The Differences Between Classical Realism and Neo Realism

Victoria Jepson • Jan 24 2012 • Essays

This essay highlights the main differences between the two paradigms of Classical and Neo Realism, and counters Waltz’s claim that his theory is able to explain ‘certain big and important things’.

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