Archive for 2013

Pros and Cons of the UK-US Special Relationship

Giulia Valentini • Oct 4 2013 • Essays

Since World War II, the United Kingdom and the United States have enjoyed an extremely close “special relationship” in the areas of military intervention, defense, and the economy.

Iran’s Rational Response For Nuclear Capability

Samuel Abbott • Oct 4 2013 • Essays

With Israel not a member of the NPT, coupled with being labeled the greatest threat to the US, Iran is making a rational move in seeking nuclear capability to deter abroad threats.

Imagining Integration: The Role of Social Media in the Development of Regional Identity and Empowerment

Gwendolene Roberts • Oct 3 2013 • Articles

Language barriers across the Caribbean region make building a common identity difficult and CARICOM is not meeting its mandate of creating a community. Could social media offer some solutions?

Should Graduate Students Pursue Professional Skills?

Daniel Clausen • Oct 3 2013 • Articles

Acquiring professional skills may provide just the right amount of leverage to allow professionals to eat well, network well, and build resources for great contributions to their field.

Depleted Uranium and Its Use in Modern Warfare

Patrick Kozakiewicz • Oct 2 2013 • Essays

Depleted uranium is often used as armor and armor-piercing ammunition in military conflict; however, it is also an extremely dangerous toxin and environmental pollutant.

The Place of Emotion in International Relations Scholarship

George E. Marcus • Oct 2 2013 • Articles

Scholars are paying more and more attention to emotion and affect. New developments in the field of neuroscience can accelerate the progress of emotion research in IR.

In Two Minds

Dylan Kissane • Oct 2 2013 • Articles

The POL 210 course at CEFAM is being offered online this semester and is running into trouble. Online courses are not just challenging for students but also present challenges for faculty, too, if of a very different sort.

Cartography and Territory in International Relations

Jeppe Strandsbjerg • Oct 2 2013 • Articles

Modern International Relations has been defined by the emergence of territorial sovereignty and borders. We cannot understand this constitutive moment without understanding cartography.

Towards a Pluralistic Nuclear Middle East

Mohammed Nuruzzaman • Sep 29 2013 • Articles

The imperatives for nuclear proliferation in the Middle East are deeply rooted in the historical-structural dynamics and strategic compulsions of the Iranians, the Israelis, and the Arab states. Given the right context, proliferation can bring stability.

No New Dawn Likely in US-Iran Relations

Stephen McGlinchey • Sep 28 2013 • Articles

When a reformer from outside the clerical regime speaks about change it will be worth listening to. Until then it is likely that Rouhani is either a wolf in sheep’s clothing or a dupe.

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