Does Disaster Diplomacy Improve Inter-State Relations?

Ilan Kelman • Nov 4 2014 • Articles

Disaster diplomacy is best viewed as a long-running process with multiple parties interacting, rather than as a snapshot phenomenon which either works or does not work.

Order and Change in Global Politics: Assessing the “Return of Geopolitics”

Roberto Orsi • Nov 4 2014 • Articles

As problems renew themselves, partly in response to attempts at solving them, so the philosophical categories by which the world is read ought to be re-organised.

Shock and Awe: Performativity, Machismo and ISIS

Christiana Spens • Nov 2 2014 • Articles

The use of beheadings by ISIS can be interpreted as a way of performing Iraqi ideals of masculinity to undermine Western ideals of tough but polite masculinity.

LGBT Politics, Queer Theory, and International Relations

Markus Thiel • Oct 31 2014 • Articles

Stemming from various fields, queer theory-inspired research combines an inter-disciplinary epistemology to advance new critical perspectives on sexualities and beyond.

From Clash of Vision to Power Struggle: The US, China, and Freedom of Navigation

Trang Pham and Truong-Minh Vu • Oct 31 2014 • Articles

By forming the new “rule of game” relying on limited freedom of navigation of foreign vessels, China is attempting to build its own de facto “Monroe Doctrine” at sea.

Indian Prime Minister Modi’s Visit to the US: The Takeaways

Monish Tourangbam • Oct 30 2014 • Articles

The change of guard in India and its emphasis on economic revitalization has lent new life to a relationship that was criticized for a lack of bold initiatives.

Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement and Beijing’s Failure to Honor the Basic Law

Michael C. Davis • Oct 29 2014 • Articles

Trust in the local and Beijing governments has been damaged; a moderate approach would serve Beijing’s interests better than the confrontational approach taken so far.

Psychology Not Theology: Overcoming ISIS’ Secret Appeal

Arie W. Kruglanski • Oct 28 2014 • Articles

At the end of the day, ISIS’ unique blitzkrieg has been both psychological and military. Its cruelty, severity and domination project a “larger than life” sense of power.

Tracing the Threads: Queer IR and Human Rights

Anthony J. Langlois • Oct 26 2014 • Articles

Human rights and queer theory compel us to view matters in a different light. It is this potential to cut across established ideas that makes sense of the challenge to develop a queer account of human rights.

Pixels and People: Videogames, Warfare, and the Missing Everyday

Helen Berents and Brendan Keogh • Oct 26 2014 • Articles

When considering the depiction of conflict and warfare in videogames, it is important to acknowledge not only what they are depicting but what they are ignoring.

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