Review – The Incubus of Intervention

Jakob R. Avgustin • Dec 2 2015 • Features

A remarkable account of differences between John F. Kennedy and Allan Dulles that significantly contributes to our understanding of US involvement in Indonesia.

Putin’s Syrian Quagmire: Costs as well as Benefits for the US

Mark N. Katz • Dec 2 2015 • Articles

Just because Moscow insists on making mistakes in Syria, Washington does not have to do so too.

Pakistan and India: Is Peace Possible?

Ejaz Hussain • Dec 2 2015 • Articles

Pakistan and India have lot to share with and learn from. The present and future international relations are tilting towards inter-state economic cooperation.

The State of Democracy in Fiji

Stephanie Lawson • Dec 2 2015 • Articles

Fiji can only benefit from the elimination of an insidious form of communal politics that has made false promises to ordinary Taukei concerning their future prosperity.

Drawing out Rosa Luxemburg’s Gender Identity

Kate Evans • Dec 1 2015 • Articles

Luxemburg’s message only becomes more relevant as another inherent crisis of capitalism looms and the onward march of globalisation and militarism produces more victims.

World War Z: Why Russia Fights DAESH Zealots

Matthew Crosston • Dec 1 2015 • Articles

The civilizational lines drawn by the West have allowed the world to divide itself into camps making the civilian undersides of societies susceptible to extremist horror.

The Arab Uprisings Five Years After

Martin Beck • Dec 1 2015 • Articles

In several Arab countries transformation is dominated, by political violence. The polity has broken down—the central state fails to deliver security to its citizens.

Middle East: Moving Towards a Sectarian Political Order?

Mohammed Nuruzzaman • Dec 1 2015 • Articles

Sectarian violence has vitiated regional politics and foreign policies along sectarian lines. The fight between the Shi’ite and Sunni crescents is likely to continue.

Ecological Security

Matt McDonald • Nov 28 2015 • Articles

The profound nature of the challenge posed by climate change arguably compels us to think in new ways about what security means and how it might be realized.

The International Community: Conceptual Insights from Law and Sociology

Dennis R. Schmidt • Nov 27 2015 • Articles

While talk would suggest that there exists some kind of unitary and durable actor called ‘international community’, it is far from clear who or what it represents.

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