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Russia Transformed and Putin’s Challenge
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Air-Minded Considerations for Joint Counterinsurgency Doctrine
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Qatar: Emergence of a Regional Power with International Reach
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The ICTY and the Challenges of Reconciliation in the Former Yugoslavia
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Climate Change, Environmental Security Studies and the Morality of Climate Security
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Student Book Features: Oxford Handbooks
ARTICLES
Brazil: Growing Pains of an Emerging Power
Much has been written about Brazil’s successful trajectory from emerging economy to emerging giant. Less attention has been given to the remaining challenges which need to be addressed.
ESSAYS
Justice And Peace: The Role of International Tribunals in Transitional Justice
The task of dealing with perpetrators following mass atrocity and conflict is at the very heart of questions about transitional justice and rebuilding the state following mass violence.
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FEATURES
Review – India’s Strategic Practice and the Return of History
Scholars from the South are infiltrating IR from within the discipline. To that trend, Vivekanandan’s work is a welcome addition.
Recently published
Securitising The Environment: A Barrier To Combating Environment Degradation Or A Solution In Itself?
Securitising environmental issues can aid in combating environmental degradation, by gaining the attention of high-level decision makers and enabling mobilisation of resources towards a solution. However if the focus of security remains on the state, securitisation is likely to cause problems as well as solve them.
The Evolving Normative Context and IDPs: An Application of R2P?
The Responsibility to Protect is said to ‘hold the potential to unblock and unlock persistent gaps in the protection of IDPs’. But the political as well as practical obstacles characterizing the international system are too important for IDPs to look at this concept for their protection.
Can We Simply “Add Gender” To Other International Relations Theories?
Feminist understandings cannot be viewed as mere supplements to the more classical paradigms because of the epistemological and ontological variations at work.
To what extent may Islam be considered a threat to French society?
Despite the rising attention from politicians and the media, Islam is not a threat to French society. Rather, Islam is but one of several prominent religions in France and one that is contributing to the ever-changing French culture.
Likud: A Balance Of Historic Ideology and Reality
As long as Likud’s principles remain uncompromising and Netanyahu holds firm to them there is little that will come of the peace process with the Palestinians.
Optimizing New Zealand’s Mixed Member PR System
New Zealand’s decision in 1993 to replace its First-Past-the-Post system with a German model of MMP has caused fiery debates over its efficiency, deficiency, and future.
Turning “Fortress Europe” Inside Out: Bordering Practices and the EU’s External Border
The external border of the EU has become dispersed within and beyond its territory, blurring the territorial scope of sovereign prerogatives.
1946: A Year of Ideological Preconceptions
The view that the Truman administration took in the lead up to, and during, the critical year of 1946 consequently affected the government’s actions when dealing with the Soviet Union.










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