Essays

Was Blair’s Britain a ‘Good International Citizen’?

Zahra Yassim • Jul 16 2012 • Essays

Blair’s Britain was more of a ‘good enough international citizen’ than a ‘good international citizen’ owing to the disparity between its foreign policy-making rhetoric and its policy actions

Gacaca Courts and Restorative Justice in Rwanda

Thomas Hauschildt • Jul 15 2012 • Essays

While Gacaca courts have served human needs by exercising retributive and restorative justice, the trials can also invoke retraumatisation and insecurity.

What Are The Main Causes of Genocide?

Dominique Maritz • Jul 12 2012 • Essays

Incidents of genocide are not unique to the modern era; however, ideas of Enlightenment have led to humans’ wish to continually improve their societies.

Unraveling the Mystery of People Smuggling Networks

Marie Ngiam • Jul 11 2012 • Essays

People smuggling networks targeting Australia have a number of common elements, such as flexibility and adaptability, wide range of actors and branching out into other organised crimes.

On State Sovereignty: The End of Territoriality as the Starting Point in IR?

Elijah Bossa • Jul 11 2012 • Essays

Territoriality as the starting point for settling questions of international relations no longer reflects the constitutional reality of state sovereignty within international law today

The Failure of Female Empowerment Through Suicide Terrorism in Palestine

Kinga Szalkai • Jul 11 2012 • Essays

The behaviour of women who undertake a suicide mission is unusual in the traditionally patriarchal Palestinian society, and has the allusion of challenging traditional female roles. In reality, it is a dead end.

Labour Movements: A Prominent Role in Struggles Against Globalisation?

Joe Sutcliffe • Jul 11 2012 • Essays

Neoliberal globalisation creates opportunities for new forms of organisation and resistance, even as it attempts to undermine existing strategies.

Executive-Legislative Conflict over the War Powers Resolution

Alexander Ryland • Jul 9 2012 • Essays

In the post-9/11 era, the US Congress has failed to arrest the growth of the imperial presidency in foreign policy, rendering the WPR little more than a symbolic declaration of lost power.

Is the English School a Form of Protoconstructivism?

Filippo Costa Buranelli • Jul 8 2012 • Essays

By assessing the constructivist elements within the theoretical tradition of the English School, it is possible to discern if it should be seen as protoconstructivist or as an autonomous theory.

Natural Resources and Their Implications for Russia’s Economic and Political Development

Timothy Frayne • Jul 8 2012 • Essays

By examining the effects of the government’s fiscal policies, it is possible to discover the nature of Russia’s resource dependency.

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