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Exploring the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers
The use of child soldiers will persist as long as the societies within which they operate do not have any conceptual, moral or ethical problems of doing so.
Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
Iran has no intentions of stopping its nuclear program in the short term. To deal with this problem, the international community must establish a united strategy and overcome inherent divisions.
Security and Human Development in Pakistan
Pakistan’s internal and external power relations and its colonial past have led to skewed policy making which prioritises defence expenditure and neglects human development.
The Chicken or the Egg? Causes of the Moldova-Transnistria Conflict
Economic, political and social variables were mutually important at the onset of the Moldova-Transnistria Conflict.
China’s Cruise Towards Sea Power
China needs to build up its sea power for the sake of its economic growth, maritime interests and national security. It would do well to learn from Western theories.
Understanding Poverty: the human development approach
The human development approach, underpinned by interdisciplinary capability frameworks, has become one of the prevailing approaches in understanding, evaluating and measuring poverty within the development sector.
Causes of the Sovereign Debt Crisis
The massive amount of debt in Southern European countries is not determined by weakness, corruption, and inabilities to deal with public deficits, but by systemic failures and illnesses.
Is the European Union a Normative Power?
The EU adapts to geopolitical circumstances and often prioritises economic or security policies over normative ones. However, even if, at times, the EU lacks coherent normative behaviour, it still has a strong and long-lasting normative identity.
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