Student Feature – Spotlight on the Peace Process in Colombia
E-IR’s spotlight series invites academics to reflect on significant events. This feature explores the quest for peace in Columbia between the government and guerrilla groups.
Student Feature – Advice on Reading Smart
Reading for scholarly purposes is not the same as reading for pleasure. You need to adopt an appropriate, and healthy, reading strategy.
Student Feature – Advice on Using Sources
Referencing sources is a core skill in academia. It is an important element of scholarly writing, and one that you should master for your own studies.
Student Feature – Spotlight on the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Due to decades of diplomacy, non-proliferation is one of the norms underpinning our international system and we have come a long way from the dark days of 1945.
Student Feature – Advice on Writing an Essay
This guide is aimed at a beginner, typically a student embarking on their first year of university study. It may also be useful as a recap for more experienced students.
Student Feature – The Challenges of Democracy and Democratization in Europe
Dr Sergiu Gherghina tasked his students to write blogs instead of essays in the hope that the task would embed new skills and perspectives.
Student Book Feature – IR Theory: A Critical Introduction
By focusing on IR myths, & by using films to help understand theories, Weber’s textbook remains a major introduction to the perspectives associated with the study of IR.
Student Book Features: Anarchist Political Theory
The arguments against politics and for anarchy presented in these two recently re-issued books are problematic. Nonetheless they cannot be dismissed out of hand.
Student Book Features: Critical Approaches to Security
These two edited collections provide detailed accounts of critical methodologies and methods, and are a welcome addition to a sub field that is seemingly no longer at the margins.
Student Book Features: EU Studies
EU studies is a field with an immense range of student-facing textbooks available, and also an ever growing number of texts dedicated to sub-areas such as EU security.
