Regions

Free Trade in the Asia Pacific: A View From New Zealand

Nick Laery • Aug 7 2013 • Essays

The Asean-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement is a good case study for the Government of New Zealand’s view on bilateral and regional free trade agreements.

Reconsidering the Environment-Security Relationship

Ashleigh Croucher • Aug 7 2013 • Essays

Rather than redefining traditional notions of security to encompass the environment, the link between environmental change and vulnerability to conflict must be examined.

Irish Defence Force Services and Masculine Identity

Robert Morrow • Aug 5 2013 • Essays

The Irish Defence Forces creates soldiers by replacing individuality with an identity that embodies the Irish masculine ideal of being emotionally void, heterosexual, and strong.

Why China is not to Blame for the Militarisation of the South China Sea

Asim Rizvanovic • Aug 5 2013 • Essays

Although many scholars blame China’s PLAN for the militarization of the South China Sea, upon further look at their arguments, in reality, they have only overblown the situation.

US and EU Differences in the Use of Military Force

Daniel Harper • Aug 3 2013 • Essays

A number of factors have influenced the diverging attitudes between the US and Europe, including capabilities; strategic culture; domestic politics; and the EU integration process.

Have International Financial Institutions Improved?

Franziska Wehinger • Aug 3 2013 • Essays

The International Financial Institutions have moved from an ideologically driven approach to one that is more peace-sensitive, promising greater stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Women’s Water Woes: Privatization and Reinforcement of Gender Inequality

Michele Cantos • Aug 2 2013 • Essays

The privatization and commoditization of water involves complex distributional choices that disproportionately impact women and girls living in slums and informal settlements.

Nasserism and Ba’thism: Modern, Contingent, Confused, and Instrumental

Michael Bolt • Aug 2 2013 • Essays

Fred Halliday’s assessment that nationalist movements in the Middle East are deeply complex affairs appears to be accurate under examination.

Latin America: Politically Unfinished and Unfulfilled?

Olivia McQuillan • Aug 1 2013 • Essays

Latin America is not as politically developed as the West, yet is autonomous enough not to blindly follow Western models. It is set to carve its own path to sustainable democracy.

Media Minefield? Genocide, Peacekeeping, Failures in Rwanda

Tanushree Rao • Jul 31 2013 • Essays

By failing to committedly report on Rwanda, the media prevented public opinion from reaching a stage of a greater positive response to the genocide.

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