Non-State Actors / IGOs

Hasan al-Banna and the Political Ideologisation of Islam in the 20th Century

Camille Mulcaire • Feb 2 2016 • Essays

Hasan al-Banna, founder of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, has played a significant role in the political ideologisation of Islam in the twentieth century.

Globalization: A Created Mechanism for the Restructuring of Developing States

Nathan Down • Jan 31 2016 • Essays

Globalization tends to work to the detriment of developing states and has been a powerful tool employed by Northern states with a recent proliferation of modern players.

National Security Strategy: A Case Favoring the Current Global Threat Environment

Sam Ling Gibson • Jan 30 2016 • Essays

As states’ absolute power declines and shared threats rise, the NSS becomes more important for the transition to multipolarism and coordination between disparate powers.

The EU’s Promotion of Gender Equality in Egypt: Towards a New Strategy?

Sofia Bianchini • Jan 27 2016 • Essays

The EU cannot let women see their rights deteriorate, nor it can think of them as mere disadvantaged, passive recipients of its aid.

Hamas and the Women’s Movement: Islamism and Feminism Under Occupation

Filipa Pestana • Jan 12 2016 • Essays

Hamas’ takeover of Gaza marked a shift in the complex process of preparation for national sovereignty, especially for the Palestinian women’s movement.

Russia’s Double Historical Amnesia: Constructing the Shakhidki as ‘Black Widows’

Dean Cooper-Cunningham • Jan 10 2016 • Essays

In a constructed malestream military, women in combat arms are inherently irregular as they take on a twofold irregularity as female fighters and irregular combatants.

The Racialisation of Rape Narratives in British Media Coverage of the Delhi Rape

Scarlett Cockerill • Jan 5 2016 • Essays

The symbolic and emotive potential of rape narratives has, throughout colonial and post-colonial history, been powerfully employed in connection with race.

How the Structure of Syrian Insurgent Groups Restrains Greater American Support

Peter Karuu Kirechu • Dec 22 2015 • Essays

The typology of Syrian rebel groups illuminates the obstacles to cooperative action, but also highlights the difficulties that might dominate the post-war Syrian state.

What is Security? Securitization Theory and its Application in Turkey

Siddharth Sethi • Dec 14 2015 • Essays

Examining the issue of Turkey’s accession to the EU, this essay examines how non-security issues can be securitized by various social and political actors.

Should Irregular Fighters Be Excluded From Legal Protections Such As POW Status?

Dean Cooper-Cunningham • Dec 14 2015 • Essays

‘Irregular’ is a demonising exclusionary weapon of war applied only to those opposing US goals for the purposes of improving the legitimate guise of its actions.

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