Articles

Neither Desperate Nor Stronger: The Adaptation of Al Shabaab

David H. Shinn • Jul 3 2015 • Articles

Despite international pressure, Al Shabaab has done a good job of avoiding defeat and adapting to new challenges throughout East Africa.

Sexual Modernity in Amazonia

Manuela Lavinas Picq and Josi Tikuna • Jul 2 2015 • Articles

Sexual perspectives matter because they reveal ‘modernity’ in unexpected places. Gay pride celebrations and homo-affective Tikuna couples tell ‘unexpected’ stories.

Power-sharing in Africa: Does It Still Have a Role to Play?

Alexandra Remond • Jul 1 2015 • Articles

Despite its bleak results, power-sharing should not yet be dismissed altogether because it still offers the most promising tool for dealing with deeply-divided places.

LGBT Pride: Marching on the Front Lines

Elise Carlson-Rainer • Jul 1 2015 • Articles

Pride events remain a critical moment of visibility of the LGBT movement. But the global movement will continue to progress and create new alliances for gaining equality.

A Seat at the Table: International LGBTQ Rights at the United Nations

Robyn Linde • Jun 26 2015 • Articles

Despite promising developments, initiatives to include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories under law have largely failed at the United Nations.

Why National Parliaments in the EU Should Be Empowered

Sandra Kröger • Jun 26 2015 • Articles

Enhancing the role of parliaments in EU decision-making offers a way to reconnect the integration process with the communal self-rule of the states and their citizens.

Nietszche, Morgenthau, and the Roots of Realism

Michael Laurence • Jun 24 2015 • Articles

Despite the richness and complexity of the realist paradigm as espoused by Morgenthau, it remains committed to existing identities and forms of reality.

The Islamic ‘State’ Challenge: Defining the Actor

Zeray Yihdego • Jun 24 2015 • Articles

IS is not a terrorist group. It has acquired the ability to mobilise thousands and impose its will on millions, which is comparable to the abilities of sovereign states.

Pedagogy and Pop Culture: Pop Culture as Teaching Tool and Assessment Practice

William Clapton • Jun 23 2015 • Articles

While pop culture is not without its problems, it offers differing, potentially more accessible insights on the international that are not found in standard IR textbooks.

‘Oil Then,’ ‘Water Now’: Another Reason for War in the 21st Century?

Strobe Driver • Jun 22 2015 • Articles

Water has now become a most sought after commodity, one that countries have displayed a renewed interest in and with an increasing amount of threat-of-force.

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