Rehabilitating Realism Through Mohammed Ayoob’s “Subaltern Realism” Theory
Subaltern Realism provides a perspective that explains state action and state conflict across a broader universe of cases, going beyond Neorealism’s limitations.
Virtual Invasion: ‘Just War’ and Orientalism in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
The latest game in the Call of Duty franchise is shown to rely on Orientalist caricatures, skewed perceptions of violence, and a narrative of ‘Western’ righteousness.
Offensively Realist? Evaluating Trump’s Economic Policy Towards China
Donald Trump’s economic policy towards China cannot be considered realist if one uses an analytical framework based on offensive realism.
Local Peace Aspirations and International Perceptions of Peacebuilding in Somalia
The UN should promote a hybrid state order in Somalia, combining a limited central state with existing local governance initiatives, instead of a liberal state model.
Analysing Principal-Agent Relationships in Liberia during the Ebola Crisis
There is a clear negative correlation between Liberian public trust in their President and Parliament and the number of new Ebola cases rising.
Racial Security: The Unobserved Threat in IR
The complexities of race have received little engagement in IR and continue to be sifted through white frameworks that create oversimplifications and generalizations.
Sovereignty, Cosmopolitanism, and the Case of Sweden’s Foreign Policy
A cosmopolitan sovereign? Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy offers both an example and conceptualisation of a state shaped by cosmopolitanism.
Re-interpreting Political Spaces through Native American Spatialities
Conventional methods of cartography perpetuate colonial and neoliberal positions at the cost of a more inclusive mapping system that would adopt indigenous perspectives.
Israel-Palestine and the EU’s New ‘Language of Power’ – Plus Ça Change?
For the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is argued that Josep Borrell pay attention to discursive and social factors in the EU’s long-standing foreign policy commitment.
How MONUSCO Contributed to Constructing the DRC as the ‘Dark Heart’ of Africa
The role and scope of MONUSCO forces in the DRC were greatly influenced by Western perceptions of the country as the “dark” heart of Africa.
