Articles

Sudan’s President Bashir Was Almost Arrested and We Thought of You

Kimberly Hollingsworth • Mar 4 2016 • Articles

If we are ever going to actually end genocide, we need to intervene while it’s happening, not apologize or regret our lack of action years later, after it ends.

When Soft Power Turns Hard: Miss World, Coercion and China’s Cultural Diplomacy

Caylan Ford • Mar 3 2016 • Articles

Soft power projects such as a beauty contest in Sanya, are rarely political at first, but politics finds ways to intrude into even the most innocuous of things.

Refugees as Contributors to Peace

Maja Janmyr • Mar 3 2016 • Articles

Finding solutions to refugee situations is a struggle of the politically excluded for political inclusion. Resolving displacement inextricably links with achieving peace.

The Kurdish Question of Turkey’s Foreign Policy

Ali Bilgiç • Mar 2 2016 • Articles

Turkey’s foreign policy following the Arab uprisings is considered volatile and difficult questions remain for the actors involved in Syria and the wider Middle East.

A Critical Contribution to Academic Freedom in Turkey

Gonenc Uysal • Mar 2 2016 • Articles

The majority of academics seem to fail to understand the relationship between the pressure on academic freedom and the neoliberal-conservative pressure on the labour force.

Forgiveness in Reconciliation Between Japan and South Korea

Naoko Kumagai • Mar 2 2016 • Articles

Reconciliation without forgiveness exists between Japan and Korea. Genuine reconciliation should be pursued to complement to what political reconciliation has missed.

Canada’s Audacious Refugee Response

The Canadian approach shows the possibility of a future for thousands of Syrian youth through resettlement, as important as any other effort to confront the Syrian war.

Is the India-Pakistan Conflict Really Intractable?

Saeed Ahmed Rid • Mar 1 2016 • Articles

The issue of terrorism must be delinked from the peace dialogue and sports exchanges, as well as people-to-people contacts, in order for a more durable peace process.

The Financialisation of the Art Market

Erica Coslor • Mar 1 2016 • Articles

Through sophisticated quantification tools and valuation techniques, economists make the art market recognisable as an investment opportunity for financial markets.

The Way We Were: Studying Europe Forty Years Ago

Peter Vale • Mar 1 2016 • Articles

Reflecting on masters courses in the 1970s, questions emerge on whether these courses help or hinder England understand its view of itself in the world.

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