When Silence Speaks Louder than Words: Indian Discourses on the ‘China Threat’
India needs to be more forthright in speaking about the China threat to ensure a more robust response to China’s growing assertiveness.
Understanding the ‘Us Vs Them’ Division Through the Notion of Responsibility
State actors strategically construct the notion of responsibility in controversial international areas aiming to legitimize their international stances and behaviors with/against others.
State Social Media and National Security Strategy: Israel’s Operation Protective Edge
The IDF’s imagery showcases the durable background symbols that make social media posts powerful, effective, and convincing.
Interview – Lene Hansen
Prof. Lene Hansen discusses securitization scholarship, developments in discourse analysis, and the role of images and the ‘visual turn’ in International Relations.
Review – The Politics of Subjectivity in American Foreign Policy Discourses
Intriguing throughout, this book is an excellent introduction for students interested in how psychoanalytic ideas and emotions are applicable to international politics.
Barbarism and What is to be Done: Reforming Discourse in the Classroom
The potential barbarism of discourse in future classrooms is discussed along with ways to promote civilisation amongst divergent students.
Symbolic Violence and Post-election USA: A Parable
The extraordinary degree of diversity in the US population can be managed with narratives and terms of discourse that lead to discontent and upheaval, or to pluralism.
Review – Russia and the Idea of Europe
Neumann’s book provides a well informed survey of Russian intellectual history over the last two centuries and stimulating insights into Russians’ perceptions of Europe.
Review – Turkey’s Kurdish Question: Discourse and Politics Since 1990
A rich analysis of the discursive construction of the Kurdish question within the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT), US Congress, and European Parliament.
Perspectives for Russia’s Future: The Case for Narrative Analysis
In relation to Russia, the scenario of authoritarian stability and global power alongside economic decline and consumer dissatisfaction is a pertinent one.
