Non-State Actors / IGOs

Domestic Violence as Everyday Terrorism: Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

Dean Cooper-Cunningham • Apr 4 2016 • Essays

Seeing bride kidnapping and domestic violence as everyday terrorism unpacks the political nature of so-called “private” phenomena and how they reify patriarchal society.

To What Extent Does International Law Reflect the Sovereign Will of States?

Sneha Dawda • Apr 1 2016 • Essays

Although international law reflects the sovereign will of Western states to a large extent, it significantly fails to reflect the will of post-colonial nations.

What are the Defining Characteristics of Insurgency from Prehistory to Ca.1975?

Arij Elshelmani • Mar 31 2016 • Essays

Although the nature of every insurgency is reflective of its own unique socio-economic, political, and cultural context, a number of defining features can be discerned.

Can Non-Violent Resistance Be an Effective Strategy for Challenging State Power?

Madeleine Nyst • Mar 25 2016 • Essays

Examining the Arab Uprisings in 2011, the effectiveness of non-violent resistance movements for challenging state power is evinced.

Cooperation or Competition? External Support and Interrebel Dynamics

Christopher Rickard • Mar 20 2016 • Essays

Non-state armed groups who receive fungible resources, such as funding or weapons, are more likely to experience interrebel fighting and less likely to be in an alliance.

Does a ‘Global Jihad’ Phenomena Exist?

Carlos Rodriguez • Mar 16 2016 • Essays

Perhaps there is a ‘Global Jihad’, but not in the perverted form hijacked by political Islam as a kind of collective aggression against the West.

Continued Challenges in Rebuilding Haiti

Tsz Ching Kwok • Mar 11 2016 • Essays

Although NGOs have been criticised for their failure to address the issues facing Haiti in the aftermath of her earthquake, preexisting issues exacerbate the challenge.

The Impact of Human Rights Mobilization on Colombia’s Justice and Peace Law

Veronika Hoelker • Mar 7 2016 • Essays

Colombia’s controversial ‘Justice and Peace’ Law has unified human rights advocates on anti-amnesty attitudes while contributing to new disputes on accountability.

Forgetting Politics: The Impossibility of Humanitarian Intervention

Lisa Whitten • Mar 3 2016 • Essays

‘Humanitarian military intervention’ is critiqued as a de-politicizing discourse, with four proposals for re-politicization suggested.

Why Do We Need a Gender Analysis in International Political Economy?

Francesca Melhuish • Feb 23 2016 • Essays

A gender analysis demonstrates the centrality of the differential valorisation of the masculine and the feminine to the functioning of the global political economy.

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