Domestic and International Sources of Uyghurs’ Conflict with the Chinese State

Enze Han • Sep 12 2014 • Articles

The Uyghur diaspora community helped promote the profile of the Uyghur in the West, but it is hard to measure how much sway the secular Uyghur community has in Xinjiang.

Islamic State, the Arab Spring, and the Disenchantment with Political Islam

Maximilian Lakitsch • Sep 12 2014 • Articles

Political Islam’s national and regional foundations have already been eroded. In the long term, its parties will likely become just one political party among others.

S.A.S. v France: The French Burqa Ban and Religious Freedom

Lucy Vickers • Sep 10 2014 • Articles

The conclusion of the Court in the S.A.S. case is disappointing. It gives leeway to states to legislate to uphold the very nebulous concept of ‘living together’.

Call for Papers – Resurrecting International Relations Theory

Robert L. Oprisko • Sep 10 2014 • Articles

Resurrecting IR Theory will be a special issue for the journal ‘Politics’ with corresponding response articles, interviews, reviews, and commentary published at E-IR.

China and the South China Sea Disputes

Truong-Minh Vu and Nguyen The Phuong • Sep 9 2014 • Articles

Since the tension over the disputes in the South China Sea has been escalating in recent years, establishing a Code of Conduct has become a pressing need.

Interview – John Esposito

E-International Relations • Sep 8 2014 • Features

In this interview, Professor Esposito discusses his career, the current state of IR scholarship on Islam, the rise of the Islamic State, and the issue of Islamophobia.

The Afghanistan Elections: Continuing the Strategic Cooptation of Women’s Rights

Aaliyah Hussain • Sep 3 2014 • Articles

Afghan women have been used to uphold whatever narrative the United States seeks to circulate in order to further its objectives. The elections have been no different.

World Order, Human Rights, and the Security Council Veto

Aidan Hehir • Sep 2 2014 • Articles

The Security Council is an unedifying conflation of craven geopolitics. The veto power of the P5 is incompatible with the protection and promotion of human rights.

Robust Peacekeeping: A Desirable Development?

Lisa Hultman • Sep 2 2014 • Articles

The challenge is to find the right balance of deploying strong UN missions that effectively protect civilians whilst maintaining an impartial position in the conflict.

Putin in Latin America: A New Era of Cooperation?

Veronika Clegg and Peter Clegg • Sep 1 2014 • Articles

As Putin faces sizeable opposition from the West for its intervention in Ukraine, Russia is keen to deepen its ties with other parts of the world such as Latin America.

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