Essays

Is the United States a ‘Neocon Nation’?

Jonathan Provan • Mar 9 2012 • Essays

America is a not ‘neocon nation’, but rather an idealist nation in a realist world: the US does pursue the extension of liberal capitalist democracy, but this idealistic goal must be reconciled with the realities of international politics.

Violently Repressive Authoritarian Regimes and Legitimacy

Samantha K. Lee • Mar 9 2012 • Essays

Any government, even a violently repressive authoritarian one, can be legitimate given that its people believe it to be so.

Development and Geopolitics in East Asia

James Newman • Mar 8 2012 • Essays

Whilst the developmental state approach contributed to economic growth in South Korea, it cannot provide a model that can be applied elsewhere.

Does Nationalism Facilitate Order and Justice?

Nadia Vittoria • Mar 7 2012 • Essays

Nationalism, as a concept, ultimately fails to facilitate order and justice in international society because of its inherently volatile and unpredictable nature.

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and African Developmental States

Kathryn Brunton • Mar 6 2012 • Essays

Although the participatory approach is essential to development in its aims, its application through the PRSP initiative needs reworking.

Towards A Nuanced Understanding of Failed States

Ahmed Khaled Rashid and Elayna Hamashuk • Mar 6 2012 • Essays

Generalizations are not helpful in determining the causes and implications of state failure in particular cases, as the situation is Somalia demonstrates.

Federalism and Consociationalism in India

Jonathan Porter • Mar 5 2012 • Essays

India is a classic plural society and a massive federal polity. It proves a good case in studying the effect of federalism on ethnically diverse societies.

Just who runs the E.U?

Robin Clempson • Mar 4 2012 • Essays

The original aims of the European project have long since evolved in to a much wider reaching and blurred set of aims that affect the lives of the regular European on a day to day basis

A Critical Assessment of the 1267 Sanctions Committee

Agnieszka Grossman • Mar 3 2012 • Essays

The 1267 sanctioning regime is one of the most controversial aspects of the war on terror, but, paradoxically, also one of the least understood.

The WTO: Development or the Dollar?

Harry Naio • Mar 2 2012 • Essays

The WTO is nothing if not controversial. Many protests been motivated by frustration towards it’s advocacy of free markets and their effects on developing countries.

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