Articles

Bringing It All Back Home

Dylan Kissane • Nov 17 2014 • Articles

There are lots of small changes coming to the POLS 210 course in the Spring, but the biggest change is to the course website which is going public for the first time.

Abe (Finally) Meets Xi: A Step towards Stabilization of Japan-China Relations?

Yuki Tatsumi • Nov 16 2014 • Articles

The two sides have decided to discuss plans to prevent maritime accidents from turning into military crises, whilst working to resume bilateral dialogue in other areas.

Star Trek and Realism

Aaron Haviland • Nov 14 2014 • Articles

In order to remain relevant and meaningful, Star Trek needs to move beyond Wilsonian tropes and ask more difficult questions about international relations.

Dilma’s Brazil

Louis W. Goodman • Nov 13 2014 • Articles

Serious measures will have to be put in place if Brazil is to sustain its competitiveness and continue to be one of the engines of economic growth for the global economy.

The Predictable and Permanent Nature of the Islamic State

Glen Segell • Nov 12 2014 • Articles

History is providing examples of the evolution and transformation of regimes away from their radical and extremist stances to participation in the international system.

Women’s Empowerment and Atrocities Prevention

Sarah Teitt • Nov 11 2014 • Articles

As review conferences are approaching, now is time to ask how leveraging linkages between the agendas might contribute toward enhancing capacity for conflict prevention.

From Citations to Clicks

Dylan Kissane • Nov 11 2014 • Articles

There’s an impression that the world of the academic is independent of the pressures of competition and marketing. That impression is wrong and proving more so every day.

The Hong Kong Umbrella Movement: A Students’ or a People’s Movement?

Che-po Chan • Nov 11 2014 • Articles

Although the Umbrella Movement could be seen as a peoples movement in terms of broad participation, students have played the major role.

Generous Hearts and Stubborn Minds

Mukesh Kapila • Nov 10 2014 • Articles

The military might of Sudan regime would not prevail as long as the women of Nuba have the generosity to share their last gourd of beer with a stranger in distress.

Winds of Change to Winds of War

Anil Sigdel • Nov 9 2014 • Articles

Just 25 years ago the world believed in the definitive victory of liberalism, freedom, democracy and peace. However, the post-Berlin Wall journey has not fulfilled that ideal.

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