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The American Fall
The latest Global Financial Crisis that occurred in August 2007 in the United States is seen as one of the most devastating financial crises since the implementation of Neo-liberal economic policies.
Is Liberal Interventionism Dead?
Liberal interventionism is a dying trend due to two main factors. Firstly, due to the emerging norm of human rights over sovereignty, and secondly via the the realization of the extreme costs involved in intervention – both financial and geopolitical.
Were SAPs Designed to Keep Africa Economically Subservient to the West?
Structural adjustment programmes upheld the theoretical concepts of neo-liberal economics, tied with the underlying notion that markets are inherently greater in the distribution of resources and in solving development problems.
Rousseau: Conjectural History and the Political Theory of Organic State
Rousseau’s entire socio-political philosophy resembles a form of policy analysis of the discontents of human civilization and socialization, designed to discover a remedy for our ‘miseries’.
Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
Iran has no intentions of stopping its nuclear program in the short term. To deal with this problem, the international community must establish a united strategy and overcome inherent divisions.
Security and Human Development in Pakistan
Pakistan’s internal and external power relations and its colonial past have led to skewed policy making which prioritises defence expenditure and neglects human development.
China’s Cruise Towards Sea Power
China needs to build up its sea power for the sake of its economic growth, maritime interests and national security. It would do well to learn from Western theories.
Understanding Poverty: the human development approach
The human development approach, underpinned by interdisciplinary capability frameworks, has become one of the prevailing approaches in understanding, evaluating and measuring poverty within the development sector.
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