Non-State Actors / IGOs

The Awkward European: Britain and the Common Security and Defence Policy

Andrew Huckle • May 9 2017 • Essays

Britain should not orphan the very policy it created in Brittany almost 20 years ago. If it does, that would constitute the real missed opportunity for Britain and CSDP.

From Prague to Riga: Has the EU’s Eastern Partnership Been a Failure?

Maryia Hushcha • Apr 14 2017 • Essays

With Russia’s intervention in politics of its neighboring states, the EU’s role in the region is now seen differently and so its previous policy requires reassessment.

Mexico’s Neoliberal Fix: U.S. Foreign Policy and the War on Drugs

Constantin Gouvy • Oct 19 2016 • Essays

Neoliberal policies of the 1980-90s in Mexico have triggered the explosion of violence caused by Drug Trafficking Organisations and that is, to this day, still present.

Dying to Bomb: An Interactive Triangular Approach to Suicide Terrorism

Claire Akkaoui • Sep 22 2016 • Essays

Suicide terrorism can only be found in an interactive triangular framework involving organisation, individual and society.

A Theoretical Analysis of Russian Foreign Policy: Changes Under Vladimir Putin

Giovanni Baldoni • Sep 10 2016 • Essays

Russian foreign policy is largely influenced by Putin’s desire to remain in power and the need to contain domestic restructurings through securing domestic support.

“I’m Not A Feminist, But…”: Why Students Support the Cause But Not the Label

Katherine Remenyi • Sep 3 2016 • Essays

Disassociation with the feminist label despite agreeing with feminist objectives is primarily influenced by a misunderstanding of feminism, and not negative stereotypes.

Are Arab Nationalism and Islamism Two Sides of the Same Coin?

Nathanael Chouraqui • Sep 2 2016 • Essays

Arab nationalism & Islamism, intertwined from birth, grew out of a shared anti-Western identity but the contents & meanings of this rejection are fundamentally different.

Has the 2014-2015 Ebola Epidemic in West Africa Been Securitized?

Simon Allcock • Aug 30 2016 • Essays

The sociological approach to securitization is useful for understanding the Liberian and Sierra Leonean governments’ attempts to securitize the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak.

Truth Commissions and the Mental Health of Victims

Jorge Gutierrez Lucena • Aug 28 2016 • Essays

Testifying before truth-telling mechanisms, such as truth commissions and gacaca, can cause psychological harm to the participants.

Indonesian Nationalism and Postcolonial Colonialism: Enduring Legacies for Papua

Nathan Down • Aug 22 2016 • Essays

Postcolonial colonialism has been perpetrated by the Indonesian State, its ruling apparatus and other domestic and foreign stakeholders in the disputed province of Papua.

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