Europe

A Social Constructivist Perspective of the Asia-Europe Meeting

Ricarda Scheele • Jul 20 2013 • Essays

In the international arena ASEM remains unprecedented, and its added value clearly lies in its role as a regional integrator for Europe and Asia. Only through the constructivist lens can this be seen.

EU CAP: An Indispensable Policy for the EU?

Anne Konrad • Jul 16 2013 • Essays

Although the major debates focus on EU’s future, the fact that the EU’s CAP consumes a vast share of the EU budget, makes farming in the EU a controversial issue calling for attention.

Ideas and Materials in IR

Abigail Temperley • Jul 3 2013 • Essays

An examination of Great Britain’s acceptance into the European Economic Community in 1973 rekindles the agent-structure conversation in international relations.

The French Intervention in Mali

Patrick Pitts • Jul 1 2013 • Essays

A victory in Mali will allow France to achieve political penance for “francafrique” while simultaneously obtaining renewed power on the international stage.

Habermas, Dialogue, and Change in the International System

Camille Marquis • Jun 28 2013 • Essays

Habermas argues that the nature of dialogue can yield positive change, but can his theory apply to conversations in international organizations?

Was NATO’s Intervention in Kosovo in 1999 ‘Just’?

Laura Wise • Jun 21 2013 • Essays

NATO’s intervention was widely welcomed for addressing the plight of Kosovar Albanians. However, the methods chosen were flawed and did not meet the criteria of proportionality.

What Explains the Collapse of the USSR?

Jean-Baptiste Tai-Sheng Jacquet • Jun 21 2013 • Essays

Only the combined use of ontological, decisional and conjunctural approaches can provide an adequate, multi-layered explanation for why the Soviet Union collapsed.

Assessing Russia’s Policy Toward its ‘Near Abroad’

Levan Kakhishvili • Jun 17 2013 • Essays

After the demise of the USSR, Russia struggled to reshape its identity and was unable to accept the new independent states in its neighbourhood, influencing its distinct foreign policy.

How Iron Curtain Despots Continue to Dictate

Andrew Anzur Clement • Jun 5 2013 • Essays

Despite disadvantages inherited from communist regimes, it is possible for nations to modernize their economies, but those with the least repressive regimes have fared the best.

Regime Theory and Environmental Security in the Arctic

Anne Konrad • May 31 2013 • Essays

The Arctic nations may fail in their commitments to cooperate and protect the environment, choosing instead to maximize national interests.

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