Interview – Nadim Shehadi

E-International Relations • Jan 6 2016 • Features

Nadim Shehadi discusses what lessons from the Iraq War we can apply to the current Syrian conflict, the role of Iran in the Middle-East, and the fight against ISIS.

Behemoth vs. Leviathan: RIP R2P?

Uriel Abulof • Jan 6 2016 • Articles

Ten years after its birth, R2P is dying, falling prey to its own antinomies: It has promised Locke, prescribed Leviathan, and practiced Behemoth.

Fortress Europe? Porous Borders and EU Dependence on Neighbour Countries

Jonathan Zaragoza-Cristiani • Jan 2 2016 • Articles

EU borders cannot be understood without understanding the relations with its neighbours and the stability in its borderlands. The image of Fortress Europe is too naïve.

Paris COP21 Climate Agreement is Bound to Nothing: What is the Solution?

Graciela Chichilnisky and C. J. Polychroniou • Dec 29 2015 • Articles

The Paris COP21 climate agreement is empty of action. This could be the biggest failure of the global climate negotiations in their 21 years of existence.

Interview – Nicholas Kristof

E-International Relations • Dec 28 2015 • Features

Nicholas Kristof discusses the Syrian Civil War, the attitudes of US Presidential Candidates towards refugees, and the challenges of reporting from war-torn countries.

Review – Qatar and the Arab Spring

Silvia Colombo • Dec 28 2015 • Features

A rich, accurate and compelling account of Qatar’s rise as a prominent foreign policy actor and its related pitfalls that will benefit both experts and the wider public.

Review – Against All Odds: Voice of Popular Struggle in Iraq

Zahra Ali • Dec 21 2015 • Features

By giving a voice to popular movements which resist Iraq’s dramatic and dreadful situation, Issa manages to bring some hope and positive insight to the Iraqi context.

On the Importance of Speaking As Well As Hearing: A Response to Swati Parashar

Federica Caso • Dec 21 2015 • Articles

Speaking and hearing are not necessarily opposite terms. They are part of the politics of silence and its ambivalence. Speaking creates meanings and forges connections.

@SouthAsia71: Academic Research Tweeted in Real Time

Dave Riley • Dec 21 2015 • Articles

By live-tweeting the 197 war in Pakistan @SouthAsia71 brings primary research to a broader audience and demonstrates the social media’s potential for research purposes.

Neo-Orientalism: Indonesia’s Colonialism and Papua

Nathan Down • Dec 17 2015 • Articles

Lessons learnt from Dutch colonialism have resulted in Indonesia’s mimicking and replicating its own code of imperialism, resulting in Papua’s accession into Indonesia.

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