Articles

Security, Power, and Digital Privacy

Thomas N. Cooke • Apr 30 2015 • Articles

To approach the security, power and digital privacy triangulation through Dissent means that we, use ‘digital privacy’ as a starting point in the research triangulation.

The “Obama Doctrine”: Engaging Cuba but…

Alessandro Badella • Apr 30 2015 • Articles

Obama is writing history in US-Cuba relations. Yet, the duration and pace of the appeasement with Havana and its evolution is linked to Cuba’s internal political changes.

A Political Geographer in New York: Visiting the 9/11 Memorial and Museum

Klaus Dodds • Apr 30 2015 • Articles

While scholars have spoken about the WTC and its reconstruction, there is more to be said about the way the visitor is enrolled into the material cultures of 9/11.

The Ukraine Story in Western Media

Marta Dyczok • Apr 30 2015 • Articles

In reporting on the Ukraine crisis information has been used as a weapon and the rules of objective reporting have worked against the goal of providing accurate coverage.

“Pax Russica” in the Balkans: Serbia Between Myth and Reality

Eduard Abrahamyan • Apr 30 2015 • Articles

The article critically examines the misconceptions and prejudices of Russia’s political elite and ideological thinkers regarding Serbia

So, How Does Popular Culture Relate to World Politics?

Jutta Weldes and Christina Rowley • Apr 29 2015 • Articles

Scholars from assorted perspectives are eagerly and productively investigating myriad forms of pop culture in relation to every conceivable aspect of world politics

Memorialising the Invisible

Martin Coward • Apr 28 2015 • Articles

Memorialisation in the Flanders raises important questions about bearing testimony to the place of an atrocity without prescribing a right and proper from of response.

Dominant Narratives in Russian Political and Media Discourse during the Ukraine Crisis

Stephen Hutchings and Joanna Szostek • Apr 28 2015 • Articles

Russian media response to the Ukraine crisis cannot be attributed to ‘cynical eclecticism’ alone, as the efforts to present a coherent worldview have also been apparent.

Civilisation and Hierarchy Go Hand-in-Hand

Brett Bowden • Apr 27 2015 • Articles

The ideal of civilisation has been closely associated with ideas of progress and stadial theories of development – a hierarchic world order with the civilised at the top.

Europe’s Response to Migrant Tragedy in the Mediterranean

Phil Cole • Apr 27 2015 • Articles

Recent EU responses should make us wonder whether the political atmosphere around migration in Europe means that the continent has journeyed to the heart of darkness.

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