A vivid analysis of US foreign policy challenges that relies too heavily on Cold War analogies, oversimplifying the complexities of modern geopolitics.
Dhurva Jaishankar analyses India’s bilateral and multilateral relationships, and the future of trade and security in the Indo-Pacific region.
Incorporating a Constructivist lens and examining Strategic Culture is more useful in understanding Russia’s dual approach in the Arctic.
Feminist approaches in IR reveal a division between positivist ‘good girl’ theories and post-positivist ‘bad girl’ theories, with the former dominating global IR.
Colonialism had lasting effects on the Somalis in the Horn of Africa, most primarily by introducing statehood in what was then a stateless setting.
A leadership that can stand firm on sovereignty while engaging in savvy negotiations with global powers rather than automatic compliance could reinvigorate the nation.
Cyberspace offers the potential for asymmetric political violence, but the paradox of anonymity and technical difficulties have precluded an actual cyberterrorist attack.
Democracy in Somaliland integrates traditional figures within a bicameral legislature, without conforming to external normative demands.
Beyond advocating incremental change, law makers should ask what sort of a society we have become when an ambulance service is driven off social media.
Memes are emerging as powerful tools of resistance, exposing the absurdity of claims and undermining their polarising intent.
History shows that what cannot be achieved on the battlefield is unlikely to be obtained at the negotiating table.
Syria’s new rulers should be held to account if they deviate from the people’s aspirations, but sanctions should not stand in the way of recovery.
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