Turkish-American Relations and the Kurdish Thorn of Syria
Turkey’s fight against the YPG and capture of Afrin serves as a catalyst for the expansion of Turkish power in Syria and puts poor Turkish-U.S. relations at further risk.
Normalization Negotiations between North Korea and Japan Revisited
Japan is taking preemptive actions to normalize relations with North Korea in light of the upcoming summit talks between Kim and Trump, and negotiations with South Korea.
Norway-US Defence Relations in Historical Naval Perspective
Caught between a resurgent Russia and a Trump presidency, how has Norway navigated its trans-Atlantic security relationship?
Why States-Rights States Can Take Responsibility for Their Own Catastrophes
Lawlessness is not just a state of mind. It is institutional ineptitude, grandstanding, and otherwise efforts to keep the law from being properly enforced.
North Korea: The Perils of Ignoring the Good Problem
Without grappling with the potential “good problem” of the collapse of the DPRK, the United States could find itself winning a war but losing the peace.
China’s Military Modernisation
There is no evidence that internal balancing will not change unipolarity. Future research should explore why internal balancing has been slow in the unipolar system.
The Impact of White Supremacy on US Foreign Policy towards Africa
America’s failure to confront its racial history, specifically white supremacy, will prevent it from making the most appropriate decisions about aid or policy,
Review – Global Governance and Transnationalizing Capitalist Hegemony
Taylor’s convincing new book provides a sceptical account of the rise of emerging powers and demonstrates how they are unlikely to challenge the neoliberal world order.
Constructing ‘Terrorism’: Contradictory Discourses of the Reagan Years
The discourse on ‘terrorism’ has always been, full of contradictions and inconsistencies. Its central normative claim remains as untenable today as it was in the 1980s.
Trump’s Dark Geographical Imagination
Trump’s recent comments on Africa reflect the ‘white identity crisis’ that fuelled his campaign, it also exposes problematic western geopolitical imaginaries of Africa.
