Articles

Understanding US Foreign Policy: It’s All About the Pinto Beans!

Matthew A. Hill • Mar 21 2013 • Articles

Are USAID’s beans the culturally neutral beans of the world? Do they ‘do no harm’? Or, are they grown in excessive numbers by US farmers?

It’s Time for a New Strategy for a New Nuclear Reality

Todd Robinson • Mar 20 2013 • Articles

The United States must begin to accept that a new nuclear reality is emerging and, with it, new challenges and opportunities necessitating a policy shift away from targeted discouragement.

Does a New National Security Team Mean a New Foreign Policy?

Glenn Hastedt • Mar 20 2013 • Articles

We should look to the White House for signs of a new foreign policy, not elsewhere. The new cohort in the administration simply reflect Obama’s own preferences.

The Power Politics Game

Dylan Kissane • Mar 18 2013 • Articles

Games allow professors to show students that knowledge does not only have to come from a lecturer, but can also be experienced. Through games, students appreciate the complexities of international politics.

Climate Change: The Lessons from History

Jan Kunnas • Mar 16 2013 • Articles

Considering the stalemate in climate negotiations it is not likely that the global community can make a joint decision to step forward. Someone has to take the first step – showing the example.

What is Cyberterrorism? Concepts and Contests From the World of Research

Lee Jarvis Stuart Macdonald and Tom Chen • Mar 13 2013 • Articles

Swansea University has recently undertaken a survey of academic cyberterrorism research. The findings might seem counter-intuitive to students and researchers familiar with academic debates on terrorism.

Hobsbawm on International Relations

David Díaz-Arias • Mar 12 2013 • Articles

Hobsbawm found continuities in IR, and although he did not go into deeper theoretical explanations, he offered some evidence on how those relations were historically shaped.

So, What Has the EU Done for Women?

Roberta Guerrina • Mar 10 2013 • Articles

Looking at how the principle of gender equality has developed in the EU provides useful insights into an approach to equality that is essentially premised on the neo-liberal paradigm.

The State of International History

Marc Trachtenberg • Mar 9 2013 • Articles

How can the intellective problem, and the fracturing of the diplomatic history field, be dealt with? We want to live in a scholarly community, where a body of thought which we can all contribute to develops.

Acquiring a Bomb Does Not an Aggressor Make

Robert W. Murray • Mar 8 2013 • Articles

In yet another example of its limited abilities to impact international outcomes, the UNSC again this week agreed to sanction North Korea in an effort to deter threats of nuclear war.

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