Articles

The Post-Davutoglu Era in Turkish Foreign Policy

Bezen Balamir Coşkun • Jun 3 2016 • Articles

Replacing Ahmet Davutoğlu will not end his strategic legacy and in the short run there will not be any radical shift over Turkey’s present foreign policy orientation.

The Panama Papers and International Cooperation in Tax Matters

Patricia Brown • Jun 2 2016 • Articles

The release of the Panama Papers will result in changes in the legal environment, not because they revealed anything new, but because the public is paying attention.

Angelina Jolie Pitt at LSE: Can Actors Be Effective Educators?

W. Alejandro Sanchez • Jun 2 2016 • Articles

Publicity should not be a reason to stop good intentions; like those of a renowned actress with a strong commitment to raising awareness about refugees.

Using Quantitative Methods: The Case of the Arab world

Mohamed Charfi • Jun 2 2016 • Articles

The debate over qualitative, quantitative and mixed approaches is vibrant in the social sciences. Yet, Arab voices have been absent from the debate.

Vegans Vs. Sausage-wielding Nationalists; Or, How I Miffed Your Motherland

Eliot Borenstein • Jun 2 2016 • Articles

The sausage-throwing incident at a vegan cafe’ in Georgia reveals plenty about what the problem is with veganism in the post-Soviet world.

Linking Instrumentalist and Primordialist Theories of Ethnic Conflict

Afa'anwi Ma'abo Che • Jun 1 2016 • Articles

Extant explanations of ethnic conflict typically fall under two fundamental theories. Neither can independently explain ethnic conflicts satisfactorily.

Transversal Environmental Policies

Gustavo Sosa-Nunez • May 31 2016 • Articles

Environmental policies can assist in establishing a policy reform which promotes the development of a strict approach to environmental protection and conservation.

IR, Gender Studies, and Volunteering in Refugee Camps

Caroline Cottet • May 31 2016 • Articles

On the first day gendered roles were made quite clear by a local volunteer, leading me to rethink the very purpose of my research on gender and violence.

(De)Civilizing Processes, Music, and Experiencing Violence

Dillon Tatum • May 30 2016 • Articles

Music, as a textual artifact, can tell us a lot about the way that politics is experienced. It’s time we recognized such texts as mosaics that challenge narratives.

New Practices and Narratives of Environmental Diplomacy

Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær • May 29 2016 • Articles

What the cases of green growth networks such as the Cartagena Dialogue illustrate is how environmental diplomacy is shaped by and shaping the neoliberal world order.

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