The Reagan Administration’s Strategic Defense Initiative during the Cold War
The decision to pursue the protracted, costly, and dubious SDI, the technology for which was not fully understood by US leadership, was ineffective and ultimately unwise.
On the Possibility of Nuclear Disarmament
While nuclear disarmament is a technical possibility, the deterrence logic behind such weapons makes their relinquishment a near impossibility.
Are Natural Resources More of a Curse than a Blessing?
There is no escaping the correlation between resource abundance and poor economic performance. The resource curse is political and brought on by poor policy decisions.
Heroic Narratives Surrounding Humanitarian Intervention
Heroic narratives, through their use of language in particular, intentionally obscure the resort to force that is used during humanitarian military interventions.
Was British Decolonization after 1945 a Voluntary Process?
Britain often had little choice but to concede that the constitutional independence of its dependencies was inescapable.
Ukraine Conflict: The Final Push For Peace
The Minsk Protocols have gradually paved the road toward peace, but serious problems remain both in the formulation and implementation of the agreement.
Why Doesn’t Iran Want the Bomb?
When adding up the potential benefits and impediments, Iran will unlikely upgrade its current civilian nuclear programme to a military nuclear weapons programme.
Current Space Law Limitations and Its Implications on Outer Space Conflicts
This is an exciting time for the entirety of human civilization, it is important for all parties in the planning of the forthcoming human expansion into outer space.
The Status of the Responsibility to Protect Norm in International Relations
Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is worryingly tenuous, but there is the potential for it to develop into a robust international norm.
Development and Good Governance in Egypt
Since the end of the Cold War, development in Egypt, meant to promote sustainability and good governance, instead created a society based on political and economic gain.
