Do Revolutions Lead to Greater Security or Insecurity?
Whether revolutions result in greater security or insecurity is entirely dependent on whose security is being discussed.
The European Security Strategy: Changing the Global Security Environment?
The CFSP’s complicated nature is the dominant problem the EU faces in its attempt to create a stronger European voice and a system of global security governance.
The Fear of Asia and Changes in Australian National Defence Policy
Australian national defence policy has consistently been founded on the fear of perceived threats to national security within the region of Asia.
One War, Many Reasons: The US Invasion of Iraq
The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 was the culmination of a long series of events and the product of many complex, different, and yet interrelated factors.
Subverting Sovereignty: Political Theology and the American Constitution
Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War represent a number of restraining measures on the executive that may not give him complete unilateral power in emergency situations.
Is the Security Dilemma an Inescapable Reality or Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
The security dilemma is self-fulfilling and inescapable: states can take defensive positions to mitigate its negative effects, but this only postpones the inevitable.
Conditional Development: Ghana Crippled by Structural Adjustment Programmes
IMF- and World Bank-led debt relief was implemented to benefit the world capitalist system despite violating human rights throughout the Global South.
Containing China? The United States in the South Pacific Since 2011
The rebalancing by the United States towards the South Pacific is less about containment and is more about competitive engagement in the region.
Evaluating Ecuador’s Decision to Abandon the Yasuni-Itt Initiative
The lack of democracy associated with the decision-making process to drill Block ITT has fuelled a high degree of currently ongoing civil discontent in Ecuador.
Central European Countries and EU Accession: A Blessing or a Curse?
Eastern enlargement was a unique achievement for prosperity and modernisation in Central and Eastern European States and bolstered the EU’s greatest strength: diversity.
