Articles

Eliminating Violence Against Women: Sexism and Scholarly Responsibility

Susanne Zwingel • Mar 7 2013 • Articles

Sexism is global. Gender equality is not yet a norm that has sunk in. Supporting substantial gender equality is a responsibility and should be a personal commitment for all of us.

What Would Happen If We Did Negotiate With Terrorists?

Tanzil Chowdhury • Mar 7 2013 • Articles

Designating and even vilifying actors with the label of ‘terrorist’ is a highly subjective matter. So how do we address the issue of negotiating with ‘terrorists’ without drowning in a quagmire of subjectivity?

Global Faculty, Not Yet Global Citizen

Dylan Kissane • Mar 6 2013 • Articles

I might feel like a global citizen sometimes, but it takes only a few hours of flying to remember that the crest on the front of your passport can still make all the difference in the world.

Who Has Moral Responsibility for Climate Change?

Vanesa Castan Broto • Mar 6 2013 • Articles

Varying degrees of responsibility can be attributed to different parties but the sense of collective responsibility remains. Collective climate change responsibility is not confined to the sphere of governments.

No Need for Despair – Yet

Jan Kunnas • Mar 6 2013 • Articles

It remains hopeful that with prompt international action a 4ºC warmer world can still be avoided. Studies show there are technically and economically feasible emissions pathways to hold warming below 2ºC.

Western Security and Virtual Space: Some Examples From 2013

Philip Kirby • Mar 6 2013 • Articles

Western nations are increasingly seeing virtual space as a volatile and potentially dangerous arena that requires control. The signs are that virtual space promises to be a rich research field in the future.

“The Clash of Civilizations” and Its Unexpected Liberalism

Johan Eriksson • Mar 6 2013 • Articles

Is it possible that Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” thesis could actually be employed in an argument for liberalism? If so, George W. Bush’s foreign policy did just that.

U.S. Military Culture and the Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Glen Segell • Mar 6 2013 • Articles

Military culture will determine the characteristics of the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan. In turn, the withdrawal will determine American military culture and its organization into the 21st century.

Thinking Systematically about China: Anti-Access, Submarines and the Security Dilemma

Robert Potter • Mar 3 2013 • Articles

China’s navy is modernizing in a security environment that is dynamic and open to systematic exploration. The nation’s modernization and expanding interests are causing feedbacks within the regional system.

Old Wine in New Bottles or Africa’s Millennium?

Pádraig Carmody • Feb 28 2013 • Articles

Economic, political and social change is undoubtedly afoot on the African continent. But do these current developments mean the 21st century is Africa’s or is this a case of old wine in new bottles?