There is much about this year’s classes at CEFAM to be happy. Now, it is time to look forward to a couple of weeks off before the new academic year gets underway in September.
Egypt represents an exceptional case of disregard for structural authority, which undermines the need for formal governance and the purpose of the state.
Global mass public protests are a milestone in the ‘war on corruption’. However, they face entrenched networks of interests, which need to recognise that reform is key to their personal survival.
The Obama administration’s increased reliance on armed drones combines short-term political expediency and long-term technological optimism. Unfortunately this blunts the capacity for wise leadership.
For any country to neglect the soft power dimensions of space is done at the country’s long-term peril. Clearly, Asian countries understand this premise.
Effective oversight of state intelligence activities matters: agencies exist to protect public safety and security, but can infringe on privacy and, if unchecked, their actions may be damaging.
The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of African unity brought the ideas of completing the unification of Africa back to the center of the agenda for the African Union.
Ethics and the Just War tradition can be used to illuminate important questions in a way that clearly shows what is missing in the Obama administration’s approach to the use of drones.
The civil-military relations in Egypt and Syria help explain their domestic strife and the expected outcome after this ends. Both countries will face problems until these relations are resolved.
The European Union is one of the most successful instances of voluntary international cooperation, and diffusion theory serves as a useful tool to analyse the EU’s influence on regionalism elsewhere.
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