Understanding Regional Integration in the GCC
The literature overlooks factors significant to the development of the GCC, revealing a Western bias that ignores the underlying social, cultural, political, and economic structures.
Are IFIs Adapting to Post-Conflict Environments?
In their rhetoric, the World Bank and the IMF seem to be fully committed to the demands of post-conflict settings, but in practice, the record of the last fifteen years is mixed.
Ideas and Materials in IR
An examination of Great Britain’s acceptance into the European Economic Community in 1973 rekindles the agent-structure conversation in international relations.
Challenging the Dominant Globalization-Migration Discourse
Financial institutions increasingly view migrant workers as generators of international capital flows, demonstrating the dominance of neoliberalism within development discourse.
The French Intervention in Mali
A victory in Mali will allow France to achieve political penance for “francafrique” while simultaneously obtaining renewed power on the international stage.
Pakistani Attitudes Toward the West and Field Hockey
Pakistan’s reaction toward its Olympic field hockey team’s performance reflects its inferiority complex and the power relations of Pakistan with former colonial and western powers.
Habermas, Dialogue, and Change in the International System
Habermas argues that the nature of dialogue can yield positive change, but can his theory apply to conversations in international organizations?
Nixon’s Opening to China: The Misleading Apotheosis of Triangular Diplomacy
Nixon’s visionary pursuit of a China that was a responsible member of the world community bore undeniable fruit in 1972 and would continue to benefit the United States until this very day.
Does the USA view North Korean Foreign Policy as Rational?
The US does not have a fixed definition of rationality. Instead, each ruling governmental cabinet tends to have a different political stance when it comes to determining rationality and irrationality.
Militant Islamist Movements in Egypt, Afghanistan and Iran during the Cold War
Both the Soviet Union and the United States played an important role in facilitating the rise of radical Islamism during their Cold War rivalry.
