ASEAN, Institutional Change, and Historical Institutionalism

Kei Koga • Oct 31 2015 • Articles

Understanding the processes of institutional change is important to grasp the possibility and limitation of ASEAN’s institutional change, and its reaction to an event.

The Virtues of Anarchism

Christian Pfenninger • Oct 26 2015 • Articles

IR needs to pay attention to philosophical anarchism; IR has been paying attention to anarchy, but has failed to incorporate anarchism into its conceptual repertoire.

The Thatcherization of India’s Foreign Policy

Anubhav Roy • Oct 26 2015 • Articles

Both Thatcher and Modi value global power projections, a West-wards tilt and regional prominence, while balancing free-market fruits with nationalist roots.

Are Women Agents? Reading ‘Gender’ in Africa’s Rights Frameworks

Toni Haastrup • Oct 26 2015 • Articles

Feminism is relevant, when engaged, to help see the erasure of other gender identities in the human rights supported pan-African discourse on gender equality/justice.

The “New Type of Major Power Relations”: A New Normal in Sino-US Ties

Anand V. • Oct 23 2015 • Articles

Political, economic and military conditions make a direct clash between the two powers possible, yet there are also constraints on all levels impeding on this.

Why Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Record Does Not Matter

Anna Viden • Oct 22 2015 • Articles

In the context of the strained security situation in the Middle East and Europe it seems unlikely that human rights considerations will gain the upper hand.

To Press, Or Not to Press the Button?

Timo Kivimäki • Oct 22 2015 • Articles

The foundation of British strategic security requires ideas and assumptions that we can no longer be sure of; in the long run, nuclear deterrence seems unconvincing.

An IR for the Global South or a Global IR?

Amitav Acharya • Oct 21 2015 • Articles

IR textbooks are stubbornly Westphalic, and with limited exceptions merely pay lip-service to non-Western histories, voices and perspectives.

The UN’s Shame: Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peacekeeping

Kathleen Jennings • Oct 21 2015 • Articles

The UN’s Zero-Tolerance Policy simply does not work and neither a particularly good job protecting the local population nor, for that matter, the UN’s reputation.

Interview – Charles King

E-International Relations • Oct 18 2015 • Features

Professor King discusses the decline of International Studies, the growth of quantitative methods in IR, and the issue of presenting research findings to wider audiences.

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