Border Crossings: Our Criminals, Their Criminals, and “Good Fences”
Not all borders are the same. But they all share one thing in common: people will cross them illegally if they can – if only for the fun of it.
The Venezuelan Crisis Spills Over Into a Small Island – Trinidad and Tobago
The overwhelming influx of Venezuelan migrants and refugees regionally has spilled over to small island states in the Caribbean including Trinidad and Tobago.
Peace-in-difference: A Phenomenological Approach
‘Phenomenology’ helps us to conceive of difference in a non-hierarchical way, to rethink peace, and to perceive difference as a positive force.
A Bit of Bedouin Perspective on World Politics Today
The film ‘Sand Storm’ sparks greater questions regarding modernity and whether it really requires the destruction of alternative ways of life.
Third Cinema and Social Science
Film depictions of terrorism and processes of radicalization, particularly in Third Cinema, can be used to generate research questions that might otherwise go unasked.
Engaging Iran
Support for Iranian reform without threats of regime overthrow would bring greater convergence with Iran and the outside world and address the shortcomings of post-revolutionary Iranian society.
Scopic Regimes, Drones, and the Visual Turn in International Relations
The discipline of international relations needs to better engage with different ways of seeing, particularly those arising outside of western traditions.
Hybrid Warfare and the Role Civilians Play
The intent to destabilize and weaken a state or community with persistent, non-military-based attacks is changing the ways in which war is understood.
Popular Culture Matters: Defining ‘Politics’ in Popular Culture & World Politics
The ‘Politics’ in PCWP remains limited and narrowly understood, even as the sites at which it is located expand.
The Importance of Media Literacy in the Classroom
If we want students to learn about the world, how it works, how structures and processes are connected, this requires students to engage with news media.
