"States & Global Governance"

US Disinvestment from European Security since the Cold War

US Disinvestment from European Security since the Cold War
Giovanni Pinelli

In the aftermath of the Cold War the world found itself confronting a new security environment, and this process of transformation produced very complex and ambiguous effects on the EU-US security relationship.

An Evaluation of Neoconservative Foreign Policy

An Evaluation of Neoconservative Foreign Policy
David Sykes

Neoconservative foreign policy has a solid core of reasonable assumptions, but America’s attempts to put the neoconservative agenda into practice came at an enormous human and political cost.

SAPs and the Build up to the Rwandan Genocide

SAPs and the Build up to the Rwandan Genocide
Thomas Hauschildt

It is evident that SAPs worsened the economic situation of Rwanda, and they had significant effects on the wider social and political environment.

Perpetuating Ancient Female Norms in South Asia

Perpetuating Ancient Female Norms in South Asia
Nadia Abramson

In South Asia, the ongoing prevalence of violence against women is structurally associated with the region’s cultural incorporation of patriarchal norms.

Abjection and Resistance on the Zambian Copperbelt

Abjection and Resistance on the Zambian Copperbelt
Joe Sutcliffe

By concentrating on the struggles of Copperbelt mineworkers, their resistance to neoliberal domination in Zambia be understood and reaffirmed.

African PCCs and Economics

African PCCs and Economics
Neil Renic

Economic factors are central to the genesis, progression and resolution of African PCCs. Foreign states and aid agencies must respond with techniques that economically disincentivise combatants.

Have Oil Reserves in the Middle East Created Economic Modernisation and Political Stagnation?

Have Oil Reserves in the Middle East Created Economic Modernisation and Political Stagnation?
Craig Jackson

Oil revenue alone cannot be blamed for political stagnation in the Middle East nor is it a guarantee of economic development. Attention must also be given to nature of a country’s government and how open it is.

Failed State or Failed Label? The concealing concept and the case of Somalia

Failed State or Failed Label? The concealing concept and the case of Somalia
Stian Eisentrager

The failed state label is catchy and works well in political propaganda, however the term is extremely value-laden and it is outrageously imprecise.

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