Articles

The Iran Nuclear Deal – A Preliminary Analysis

Mohammed Nuruzzaman • Dec 11 2013 • Articles

The recent interim agreement between Iran and the P5+1 raises interesting implications for regional peace and stability in the Middle East, particularly in relation to Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Victims, Agency, and Human Rights

Diana Tietjens Meyers • Dec 9 2013 • Articles

The existing conceptualization of victim paradigms held in international law fails to provide a nuanced understanding of victim agency. Does the concept of ‘burdened agency’ have the potential to address this problem?

A Bridge Too Far? Elements of a Permanent Nuclear Deal with Iran

Zachary K. Goldman • Dec 9 2013 • Articles

There are still significant technical and political obstacles to overcome with the the P5+1-Iran nuclear agreement. Thus, conclusive evaluations will need to wait for some time to come.

Europe’s Border Disorder

Rodrigo Bueno Lacy and Henk van Houtum • Dec 5 2013 • Articles

As the best way to appraise the significance of its border disorder, the EU needs to realize that both its external and internal borders are just different levels of the same political theatre.

Health or Defense

Harvey M. Sapolsky • Dec 5 2013 • Articles

Obamacare, now in its early stages of implementation, is the US military’s ticket home. The completion of the last element in America’s welfare state is likely to end the security welfare system the US provides for its allies.

Sustainable Power is Just Power

Nayef Al-Rodhan • Dec 5 2013 • Articles

There have been multiple paradigms of power in IR, including ‘hard’, ‘soft’ and ‘smart’ power. The missing element has been that of justice – but the new paradigm of ‘just power’ may be the answer.

India Pivots to Asia… Again

Manjeet Singh Pardesi • Dec 4 2013 • Articles

India has taken the US, Japan and China seriously in its foreign policy considerations, but its pivot to Asia must be understood through its own self-conception as an Asian great power.

No Students ≠ No Work

Dylan Kissane • Dec 3 2013 • Articles

It’s finally here: the end of the Fall semester and yet another period of transition in the academic year. Professors will be closing down courses, refreshing others, getting through administrative tasks and preparing for the Spring.

The Revolution Will Not be Cinematized

Matthew Alford • Dec 3 2013 • Articles

In answer to the question posed by the latest issue of Dissent, Hollywood is not in revolt. Established commercial, corporate, and political pressures are as prominent as the sign hammered into its hills.

The “Turn to Religion” in International Relations Theory

Vendulka Kubalkova • Dec 3 2013 • Articles

The return of religion to IR is both necessary and desirable and IR scholars must not ignore the debates on religion and international relations, even if this requires increased interdisciplinarity.

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