Lone-Wolf Terrorism: A Threat to Public Safety or A Catalyst for Public Hysteria?

Katie Malkin • Nov 20 2024 • Essays

The momentary usefulness of lone-wolf terrorism concept is just the tip of the iceberg; its potential in contemporary responses to the threat in a modernised era is massive.

The F-16 Coalition for Ukraine: Small State Status-Seeking Through Donations

Jelle van den Wijngaard • Nov 19 2024 • Essays

Dutch F-16 donations to Ukraine were partly an international status-seeking act, a “good behavior” that gained the Netherlands prestige and saw Rutte become NATO Secretary General.

Interview – Michael Butler

E-International Relations • Nov 17 2024 • Features

Michael Butler talks about humanitarian intervention, the challenges to R2P and its relevance today, the norm life-cycle model, and the ethics of protection.

Review – Mrs Robinson

Martin Duffy • Nov 17 2024 • Features

This celebratory biographical account presents successes and controversies encountered over Mary Robinson’s career in an honest and open, if sometimes impersonal, way.

Opinion – Toward a Japan-South Korea Alliance Less Reliant on the US

Hanjin Park, Mary Ochiai and Jiachen Shi • Nov 16 2024 • Articles

A motivation behind Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s push for an ‘Asian NATO’ may be developing a security relationship with South Korea.

Seeing Through the Fog of Justice in Israel and Palestine

Mark Kersten • Nov 14 2024 • Articles

The International Criminal Court, if fully suported, offers a modicum of justice and accountability for Israeli and Palestinian victims who have suffered for far too long.

Opinion – Canada’s Armed Forces: On the Brink?

David Wright • Nov 14 2024 • Articles

Without a long-term political resurgence and a concerted national effort to rebuild its military, Canada risks a permanent decline in defence capabilities.

Opinion – Reinhold Niebuhr and the Future of US Support for Ukraine

Craig R. Myers • Nov 12 2024 • Articles

Niebuhr would likely want America to continue arming Ukraine because he would see it not as another Vietnam, but as Manchuria again.

America First Revisited: Trump’s Agenda and Its Global Implications

Pavittarbir Saggu • Nov 12 2024 • Articles

The return of Trump underscores a trend of rising populism and a demand for strong, direct leadership that may find resonance in democracies across Europe, Asia and elsewhere.

Three Representations for Understanding Planetary Politics

Frédéric Ramel • Nov 10 2024 • Articles

The contemporary discourse surrounding the planetary challenges traditional views shaped by human-centered exploitation and highlights the need for a more inclusive understanding of our relationship with the Earth.

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