Non-State Actors / IGOs

A Well-Intentioned Curse? Securitization, Climate Governance and Its Way Forward

Hannah Lentschig • Mar 4 2024 • Essays

The construction of climate change as a security threat confines the issue to exclusive state politics, undermining the effectiveness and legitimacy of global climate governance.

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women’s Failures in Fiji

Sarah Furman • Feb 29 2024 • Essays

Fiji fails to decrease the occurrence of gender-based violence despite the ratification of the CEDAW due to several intersecting factors.

The Origins of Regionalism in the EU and ASEAN

Dominika Remžová • Feb 25 2024 • Essays

Both convergence and divergence in the extra- and intra-regional security dynamics shaped the emergence/deepening of the Cold War-era EU and ASEAN.

Why Do Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Fail?

Cayla Bleoaja • Dec 19 2023 • Essays

Recent research points to the role of resource dependence and local knowledge in activists’ success, and their engagement in either persuasive or disruptive tactics.

Trump‘24 or Before: Militias and the Marketplace of Masculinity

Bailey Galicia • Sep 6 2023 • Essays

Masculinity as an antidote to insecurity may result in militia members taking rallying cries like “Trump ‘24 or Before” literally and further perpetrating violence.

Horizontal Partnership for Gender-responsive Localisation of Humanitarian Aid

Shrinwanti Mistri • Jul 6 2023 • Essays

The key to efficient localisation is addressing the intra-local horizontal power hierarchies capable of simultaneously fostering gender-responsive localisation.

A Lineage of White Insurgency: US Capitol Attack and the Lost Cause

Riley Martinez • Jun 23 2023 • Essays

The insurrection attempt cannot be understood without considering America’s history of White supremacy, particularly the Lost Cause of the Confederacy narrative.

Jazz Diplomacy Paradox: Jazz Within The Maelstrom of Cold War Politics

Mauro ter Heyne • May 27 2023 • Essays

During the Cold War, the US promoted Jazz music as part of an international cultural campaign despite its racial segregation at home.

Neo-Colonialism in Africa? An Analysis of a UK-Funded Volunteer Abroad Programme

Ruby Dimelow-Steel • Feb 6 2023 • Essays

The International Citizen Service programme failed to challenge unequal power dynamics between the Global North and Global South and perpetuated neo-colonial relations.

Limits of Liberal Feminist Peacebuilding in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Francisca Martins Reina • Dec 21 2022 • Essays

Western support for the WPS agenda in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has fostered processes of ‘hybridisation’ and ‘NGOisation’ that depoliticise local women’s movements.

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