Foreign Policy

Interview – Virginie Grzelczyk

E-International Relations • Nov 15 2018 • Features

Virginie Grzelczyk discusses North Korea’s status as a nuclear power, the ways in which they are
“mainstreaming”, and their relationship with South Korea and the US.

The Responsibility to Protect Has Turned into a Strategic Mistake

Dan G. Cox and Bruce Stanley • Oct 1 2018 • Articles

R2P has become a strategic conundrum that is being abused by powerful nations to further their own self-interest while it could become a drain on other economies.

For Putin, Confrontation with the West Is About More than Just Geopolitics

Björn Alexander Düben • Sep 13 2018 • Articles

The confrontation with the West and the cultivation of a siege mentality at home has been the most effective means left at Putin’s disposal for consolidating his power.

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Harvey M. Sapolsky • Sep 9 2018 • Articles

European Allies must decide whether or not to honor America as a global intervener by naming the new NATO headquarters building after John McCain.

Interview – Matthew Kearns

E-International Relations • Aug 30 2018 • Features

Matthew Kearns discusses his PhD research on the relationship between military masculinities and recruitment practices in the British Armed Forces and visualizing war.

Review – America Abroad

Richard W. Coughlin • Aug 23 2018 • Features

Brooks and Wohlforth’s book is a defense of deep engagement as a means to maintain a US-led international order but neglects the impact of domestic political issues.

Interview – Wojciech Lorenz

E-International Relations • Jan 29 2018 • Features

Wojciech Lorenz discusses the effect of the election of Donald Trump and events in Turkey on NATO, potential NATO enlargement and Poland’s current security situation.

Student Feature – Foreign Policy

Sheriff Folarin • Dec 20 2017 • Student Features

A brief and accessible introduction to foreign policy, prerogative and key activity of the state.

The End Days of the World System? Before Armageddon the Long Nights of Ignorance

Stephen Chan • Nov 30 2017 • Articles

It is impossible to turn religious enquiry into a foreign policy brief or accord it much utilitarian use in foreign policy formulation as it allows no options for actions.

Diplomacy and the End of Foreign Policy as We Know It

Stephen Chan • Nov 30 2017 • Articles

The future global environment might depend less on the attractions of defining ‘rational actors’, and more on finding ways forward in much messier than before processes.

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