Regions

Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War

Justyna Maciejczak • Oct 9 2013 • Essays

Though barbaric, heinous, and atrocious, sexual violence is employed when its use makes strategic sense, i.e. is capable of inflicting maximum damage at a low cost and a high pay-off.

Reconsidering Dayton

Catherine Craven • Oct 7 2013 • Essays

The Dayton Peace Accords’ dysfunctionality does not originate in the consociational and confederal framework it proposes, but from the wider failings of external state-building projects

Making and Breaking of European Governments

Philipp Dreyer • Oct 5 2013 • Essays

Sources of government formation and stability are not limited to institutional frameworks, but are extended to the human agency of politicians and parties, as well as to economic conditions.

Chain-Ganging and the Outbreak of World War I: Causation or Coincidence?

Ashleigh Croucher • Oct 5 2013 • Essays

Whilst the ‘chain-ganging’ theory can explain aspects of the outbreak of WWI, Realist scholars have over-estimated the extent to which it was the primary cause of war in Europe.

Pros and Cons of the UK-US Special Relationship

Giulia Valentini • Oct 4 2013 • Essays

Since World War II, the United Kingdom and the United States have enjoyed an extremely close “special relationship” in the areas of military intervention, defense, and the economy.

Iran’s Rational Response For Nuclear Capability

Samuel Abbott • Oct 4 2013 • Essays

With Israel not a member of the NPT, coupled with being labeled the greatest threat to the US, Iran is making a rational move in seeking nuclear capability to deter abroad threats.

Iranian-Israeli Nuclear Relations: A ‘New’ Cold War?

Cristina Varriale • Sep 28 2013 • Essays

Could the Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons spark an arms race in the Middle East? The Waltzian theory of Cold War nuclear relations shows that claims for a ‘new’ Cold War are insufficient.

Establishing Accountability for IGOs and States

Andrea Raquel Hak • Sep 21 2013 • Essays

By recognizing non-state actors as rights holders and duty bearers, the challenge of establishing accountability for international organizations and unrecognized states can be met.

Zionism and Arab Nationalism

anon • Sep 20 2013 • Essays

Understanding the evolution of Jewish and Arab consciousness, in its emergence through a socio-political nationalism, allows for a more profound understanding of the status quo.

Patterns of Migration in Central and Eastern Europe

Sashenka Lleshaj • Sep 18 2013 • Essays

Immigration into Central and Eastern Europe has become mainly economically motivated, while migration out of this region is for reasons more economically, culturally and socially diverse.

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