United Nations

Diplomacy and the End of Foreign Policy as We Know It

Stephen Chan • Nov 30 2017 • Articles

The future global environment might depend less on the attractions of defining ‘rational actors’, and more on finding ways forward in much messier than before processes.

Brexit and the Consequences for International Peacebuilding

Vladimir Kmec • Nov 23 2017 • Articles

The UK’s departure from the EU might arguably leave not only the UK but also the EU more inward-looking and less engaged in world affairs.

The World Unites and Disunites: Someone Must Try to Keep It Together

Stephen Chan • Nov 18 2017 • Articles

If Angelina Jolie speaks for refugees, even the most hard-hearted government listens. A curious populist horizontality has come to accompany the political hierarchy of the UN.

Gender Matters: Mainstreaming Women, Peace and Security at NATO

Katharine Wright • Nov 17 2017 • Articles

The aim must be to transform practice through better representing women’s agency, rather than reinforcing regressive gendered logics.

Humanitarian Interventionism Is Dead, Long Live Humanitarian Interventionism

Robert Mason • Nov 3 2017 • Articles

The consequences of poorly implemented measures can be dire so it’s not just a Responsibility to Protect but a Responsibility to Implement Effective Policy.

The United Nations

E-International Relations • Oct 22 2017 • Online resources

Everything you need to know about the United Nations in one multimedia resource collection.

Should Australia Establish a Modern Slavery Act?

Heli Askola • Oct 16 2017 • Articles

The corporate social responsibility of businesses may serve to obscure the fact that the primary responsibility for the protection of human rights belongs to states.

The Immunity Dilemma: Peacekeepers’ Crimes and the UN’s Response

Kathleen Jennings • Sep 18 2017 • Articles

While the unwillingness to levy accountability on peacekeepers is unsatisfying to victims it does not have to be determinant of the UN’s ability to prevent future crimes.

Review – Equal Opportunity Peacekeeping

Matthew Kearns • Aug 28 2017 • Features

A significant contribution to critical debates within IR and gender scholarship that includes a rich empirical analysis of female peacekeepers and their experiences.

Review – The International Law of State Responsibility: An Introduction

Richard W. Coughlin • Aug 18 2017 • Features

Kolb provides an excellent overview of the international law of state responsibility in a text that should be of interest to students of law and international relations.

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