The caste system during European colonialism was not invented by Europeans. It was, however, adapted and exploited by British colonials throughout their occupation of India.
What the international community needs is a dose of reality and a bit of retrospection by re-evaluating failed endeavors in peace and statebuilding.
While some theorists contend that the Security Dilemma is an unavoidable consequence of state interaction, others argue that, though problematic, it is possible to mitigate and ultimately transcend the Security Dilemma.
Rulers following Machiavelli’s populist model are better able to maximize coalition supervision, manage economic resources efficiently and maintain state security.
Russia, during its transition to democracy, helps illustrate that a multi-party system alone does not ensure “more” democracy. Many factors shape a country’s level of democracy.
The Chicken game theory is not only applicable to the strategies of current global actors. It forms an explanatory framework for all strategic interactions between any two actors.
Self-censorship plays an integral role in the maintenance of freedom of expression since responsible use of that right prevents calls for its revocation.
Self-immolation fundamentally challenges the unimportance of life in modernity by showing that the individual body through sacrifice can be more powerful than the sovereign power itself.
Calling the event a crime localizes it, but casting Abu Ghraib as a war crime might help make a moral and legal argument out of what happened.
Ethnic conflict can be explained as rational using a combination of rational-choice theory and interpretivism. Viewed through this lens, the meaning of ethnic conflict within the context of the politics of culture and transition.
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