Identity Politics

Is Recent Asylum Migration Threatening Europe?

Assunta Soldovieri • Jul 20 2015 • Essays

Asylum seekers in the collective unconscious are perceived as a threat as numerous social and political platforms may push nationalist and sometimes, racist sentiments.

A Public Reason Defence of Same-Sex Marriage

Gah-Kai Leung • Jul 19 2015 • Essays

Accounts of gay marriage that appeal to nonpublic reasons (and therefore are of the perfectionist kind) should not be pursued.

Why Poststructuralism Is Central to the Study of International Relations

Victoria Marcia Pereira-Ayuso • Jul 19 2015 • Essays

The manifold and multiplex essence attached to reality calls for an anti-foundational analysis of the “truths” upheld in international theory.

Jimmy Carter, Human Rights and the Cold War

Hanne van Brienen • Jul 8 2015 • Essays

Carter’s focus on the Cold War and Containment meant that his human rights ideals could never be achieved due to the importance he placed on repelling Soviet influence.

Do Colonial Attitudes Influence the Media’s Response to Humanitarian Crises?

Callum Martin • Jul 8 2015 • Essays

The media’s overwhelming focus on negative events in the South maintains the colonial binaries of our civilisation and their backwardness.

Heroic Narratives Surrounding Humanitarian Intervention

Annelie Wambeek • Jun 29 2015 • Essays

Heroic narratives, through their use of language in particular, intentionally obscure the resort to force that is used during humanitarian military interventions.

A Social Constructivist’s Explanation of the Iranian Revolution

Iqbal Fatkhi • Jun 3 2015 • Essays

The extent to which social forces influenced the overhaul of Iranian society presents an advantageous case study which social constructivism can explain.

How Understanding Emotions in IR Can Help Explain Anti-Americanism

Kahlia Vandyk • Jun 2 2015 • Essays

Negative attitudes towards the United States are generally specific to foreign policy choices rather than a broader statement about American culture or society.

UNSC Resolution 1325: A Building Block for Gender Equity?

Andreas Fabian • May 29 2015 • Essays

UN Resolution 1325, although not yet a complete success, can and should be used as a starting point to work for gender equity and towards a violence-free world.

The Eclipse of Pan-Arab Nationalism

Ahmed Elsayed • May 26 2015 • Essays

Both ideological and internal and external geopolitical forces have led to the emergence, decline and subsequent failure of Pan-Arab Nationalism in the Middle East.

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