Articles

Political Demography

Christian Leuprecht and Jack A. Goldstone • Feb 23 2013 • Articles

Due to demographic change, all countries will be forced to deal with surging international migration as age and income imbalances drive people to seek work and escape from environmental crises or conflicts.

How to Promote a Perspicacious Intercultural Dialogue?

Dieter Senghass • Feb 22 2013 • Articles

Rather than a “Clash of Civilizations”, Senghass argues there is a clash within civilizations and it should be met with a thoughtful and engaging dialogue that promotes peace and development.

Britain, the UK Independence Party and the EU

Alan Sked • Feb 21 2013 • Articles

When the UK holds a referendum on the EU, the campaign will be tense and the country will probably vote to leave. Yet, this will not be due to the Eurosceptic rhetoric of Ukip.

Syria’s Agony: Situation and Outlook, Winter 2013

William Harris • Feb 21 2013 • Articles

After two years of a crisis that has irrevocably changed the Levant, it is worth taking stock of regime and opposition, reviewing primary responsibility for the devastation, and assessing prospects, with or without intervention.

The Business of Ethics

Dylan Kissane • Feb 20 2013 • Articles

One of the challenges of teaching politics in a business school is that the students generally arrive in class after years where they have been taught to chase profit. What students often lack, though, is a sense of business ethics.

Feminism and the Current Debates on Women in Combat

Saskia Stachowitsch • Feb 19 2013 • Articles

There is no one answer to whether the opening up of direct ground-combat positions to women is a good or bad thing from a feminist perspective. Responses to the issue from gender scholars are diverse.

The ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Faces Evidence-based Perusal

Takashi Inoguchi • Feb 19 2013 • Articles

While Samuel Huntington’s thesis continues to be influential, the fragilities of the civilization construct within it are exposed when measured against the realities of the last twenty years in Asia.

Zombies and the End of Society

James Berger • Feb 15 2013 • Articles

The prevalent theories of zombies all in some way address the question of crisis as the new normative condition. The zombie is that which puts the contemporary social order radically in question.

The Empty Chair: Digital Diplomacy, Photography and the Staging of ‘Statecraft’

Alasdair Pinkerton and Klaus Dodds • Feb 14 2013 • Articles

Digital diplomacy brings new opportunities, but equally new responsibilities that are increasingly divested to the level of the individual ‘digital diplomat’.

Russian Soft Power Under Construction

Oleg Shakirov • Feb 14 2013 • Articles

Prospects for a fully-fledged, globally-oriented Russian soft power strategy are promising. But this change of attitude seems to be coming from the top down.

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