Steps Toward Redress for Comfort Women
For decades, the comfort women remained in the shadows because of the deep shame and guilt that they felt as a result of their experiences at the hands of Imperial Japan during the Second World War.
Interview – Stephen McGlinchey
As part of a series of interviews on Broadening Engagements with International Affairs, The ISA’s Jamie J. Hagen interviewed E-IR’s Editor-in-Chief.
Review – Inside the Foreign Office
This three-part documentary shows UK politicians and civil servants in action, explores what diplomats do, and the impact of Brexit with some amusing yet worrying footage.
Aquaman: a New Year Parable In Race and Ethnicity
The recent Hollywood adaptation of Aquaman provides an important metaphor for racial conflict, and a timely talking point in modern society.
Recent Posts
Creating A Terrorist: Evan Kohlmann v. Sami Osmakac
The expert report in the trial of Sami Osmakac is critically flawed and ultimately unfit to serve as testament to the defendant’s status as a “homegrown” terrorist.
An Ethical Dilemma: How Classical Realism Conceives Human Nature
Classical realism’s understanding of human nature renders an imperfect depiction of reality that fails to incorporate progress or metaphysical development.
Recrafting International Relations through Relationality
International Relations must be reconceptualised to prioritize the relations that constitute units rather than to proceed from the assumption that units are self-evident.
“Sanctions Are Coming”: Fear and Iranophobia in American Foreign Policy
Iran’s characterization as a great threat in the Middle East is largely a result of institutionalized “Iranophobia” within American foreign policy.
Globalisation, Agency, Theory: A Critical Analysis of Marxism in Light of Brexit
Despite an increasing degree of economic integration, Marxist theory must consider geopolitical competition in the relationship between capitalism and the state system.
Emergency Powers and Executives: An Ever-Present Danger of Abuse?
History and more recent events have shown that a risk of abuse of emergency powers always looms, even with well-meaning executives, because reduction is not eradication.
The ‘China Factor’ in India’s Maritime Engagement with Southeast Asia
China and India’s rise as major naval powers does not preclude the possibility of both developing a more cooperative dynamic in protecting the maritime ‘global commons’.
Public Diplomacy: China’s Newest Charm Offensive
Though much remains uncertain due to China’s unique political system, trust remains a crucial ingredient for the success of its various endeavours abroad and ultimately, its public diplomacy.
Looking Back at 2011
2011 is a moment in history which encapsulated the impulse for achieving democracy yet a review of subsequent events show democratisation is an extremely complex process.
Peace Journalism in Theory and Practice
Peace journalism is a valid attempt for stripping war journalism from its deeply embedded bias that considers militarism as the most effective remedy to conflict.
Forty Years of Constructing Development: How China Adopted GDP Measurement
Tracing how China adopted GDP measurement in the early reform period (1978-1993) tells us more about how GDP has shaped China’s current powerful status.
