Articles

Will Liberal Democracy Survive the Century?

David Moscrop • Dec 18 2017 • Articles

We have yet to settle whether the features of liberal democracy are inherent to the system itself, or to particular contexts in which the system is installed.

10th Anniversary Post – Why E-IR Is Awesome for Us

Dan G. Cox and Bruce Stanley • Dec 18 2017 • Articles

The opportunity to interact with academics and theoreticians on E-IR is integral to preventing discussions on military thought and practices turning into an echo chamber.

10th Anniversary Post – Why Faculty Use Blogs

Patricia Sohn • Dec 17 2017 • Articles

The fast publishing of the blogosphere is a wonderful venue for self-expression when you have something to say, so – make use of it! 

Turning Students into Professionals

Daniel Clausen • Dec 11 2017 • Articles

The transition between university and professional life can be jarring. Ideals help students sail in the right direction in a turbulent professional world.

Would Churchill Have Voted for Brexit?

Alastair Stewart • Dec 11 2017 • Articles

Winston Churchill was a student of the past, with a cast iron understanding of Britain’s inextricable role in European affairs over the last thousand years.

Towards a Global International Relations?

Amitav Acharya • Dec 10 2017 • Articles

IR theories remain biased in favour of Western states. Consequently, they neglect the experiences and relationships in other parts of the world, or offer a poor fit for understanding and explaining them.

Educating Conflict Management and Practicing Peacebuilding: The Case of Lebanon

An Jacobs and Norma Rossi • Dec 9 2017 • Articles

Peer learning in higher education can help to align peacebuilding theory and practice, scholars and practitioners, thus putting research to work for sustainable peace.

Introducing Postcolonialism in International Relations Theory

Sheila Nair • Dec 8 2017 • Articles

Postcolonialism asks tough questions about how and why a hierarchical international order has emerged and challenges mainstream IR’s core assumptions about power and how it operates.

Why Jerusalem Is the Capital of Israel – And Palestine

Patricia Sohn • Dec 8 2017 • Articles

Rather than seeing the recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel, lobbyists for Palestinians should ask recognition of East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine.

Ethiopia and the South Sudanese Civil War

Aly Verjee • Nov 30 2017 • Articles

Should there be military interventions by South Sudan’s immediate neighbours and potentially even more distant states, it is unclear how an already multi-layered conflict would end.

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