Regions

The Challenges of the European SMP and Euro for the US

Jean-Baptiste Tai-Sheng Jacquet • Jan 10 2013 • Essays

The SMP and Euro posed challenges to the US by shifting the transatlantic and global balance of power, and pushing the federal sector toward a more unified stance on economics.

Shale Gas Development in China

Svetlana Izrailova • Jan 9 2013 • Essays

Development of shale gas is a priority for Chinese leadership, who hope the resource will decrease reliance on foreign imports and allow for greater independence and security.

Obstacles to Peace Agreements

Katrine Steingrimsen • Jan 8 2013 • Essays

As learned from the failure of negotiations in Rwanda and Sierra Leone, the likelihood for parties to commit to an agreement improves if peace is made desirable and continued war costly.

European Union Democracy Promotion: The Case of Bahrain

Benjamin Ledwon • Jan 5 2013 • Essays

While the EU has achieved successes in promoting democracy in its immediate neighbourhood, its normative foreign policy has been less successful within a global context.

National Security Complications Arising from Scottish Independence

Berenice Burnett • Jan 5 2013 • Essays

An independent Scotland is unlikely to have the financial security or the resources required to develop and maintain the broad national security and defence that the SNP publicises.

Deconstructing Justifications for Invading Iraq

Josh Schott • Jan 3 2013 • Essays

The US invaded Iraq to strengthen and expand its ability to exert hegemony over this key regional area, to control Iraq’s oil reserves, and to liberalize Iraq’s economy.

Is There an Ethical Way of Remembering War?

Dominykas Broga • Dec 28 2012 • Essays

Through analysing the Japanese memory of WWII it is clear that ethics are susceptible to unconscious limitations, often leading to denial and forgetfulness of the past.

Influences that Shaped Taliban Ideology

Thomas Frear • Dec 26 2012 • Essays

Due to unique geo-political circumstances surrounding its emergence, the Taliban’s brand of Islam is unique, combining conservative aspects of the Deobandi and Wahhabi schools.

Australia’s Immigration Policy Following the Second World War

Kieran Fairbrother • Dec 26 2012 • Essays

Government initiatives were aimed at using immigration as a means of not only building the population, but also improving the economic state of the nation simultaneously.

Private Military Companies in the Contemporary Security Context

Clement Tracol • Dec 21 2012 • Essays

The new security context presented by PMCs challenges the traditional Weberian concept of the state as the sole depository of legitimate violence.

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