Articles

Syria and the Dawn of a New Era

Aidan Hehir • Feb 23 2014 • Articles

The Syrian crisis marks the beginning of a new era of multi-polarity; one which will be characterised by the spectacle of divisive and competitive power politics.

Rationality and R2P: Unfriendly Bedfellows

Robert W. Murray • Feb 22 2014 • Articles

The largest obstacles to consistent implementation and enforcement of R2P remain its flawed epistemological foundations and the enduring nature of the international system.

A Silenced Voice: Using Personal Experience to Unpack Stereotypes

Jennifer Darch • Feb 21 2014 • Articles

When people are spoken ‘about’ or ‘for’, generalisations become common. Giving the silenced a voice of their own offers a solution to this problem.

Inside the Journal: The Future of Journals

Dylan Kissane • Feb 21 2014 • Articles

CEU PSJ Editor Sergiu Gherghina looks back on his time at the journal and into the future of his journal and share his thoughts on the direction of scholarly publishing.

Inside the Journal: The Publication Process

Dylan Kissane • Feb 20 2014 • Articles

Getting published in academia is a big deal for early-career academics. Journals are often a key outlet for publishing research, lending themselves to less expansive projects.

Rapid Fire: Are Political Scientists Irrelevant?

Robert W. Murray • Feb 19 2014 • Articles

The contributors to E-IR’s IR Theory and Practice blog discuss whether Nicholas Kristof’s argument surrounding the irrelevance of political scientists rings true.

Inside the Journal: Sustaining and Growing the Journal

Dylan Kissane • Feb 19 2014 • Articles

Launching a journal is one thing, but sustaining interest in it and developing the audience is quite another. CEU PSJ has achieved both these things.

Gateways to Peace in Syria: Going Beyond Geneva II

Hilal Khashan • Feb 18 2014 • Articles

When negotiations between the US, Russia and Iran grow best in the dark, as they are bound to, Assad will realise that he is an expendable pawn in the game of nations.

Cultural Conflict in Northern Ireland: Explaining the Failure of the Haass Talks

Matthew Whiting • Feb 18 2014 • Articles

Given the depth of compromise already displayed in Northern Ireland, why would disagreement over essentially symbolic politics prove to be so intractable?

Inside the Journal: Launching an Academic Journal

Dylan Kissane • Feb 18 2014 • Articles

Every journal has its own genesis. For the CEU PSJ, this came when graduate students recognised there was a large body of scholarship going under-utilised.

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