Archive for 2013

Developing Countries and “Cross-Retaliation” in the WTO

Mark Phoon • Aug 28 2013 • Essays

Developing countries do not systematically use “cross-retaliation” in the WTO, since the economic incentives do not benefit them and preceding cases have shown to be unsuccessful.

Free Press, Democracy and the Prevention of Famines

Neil Grogan • Aug 28 2013 • Essays

To prevent famine, democracy and a free press trump single-minded agricultural expansion. Where agriculture fails, the lobbying capabilities of citizens enables a political response.

Cyberfeminism and its Political Implications for Women in the Arab World

Rita Stephan • Aug 28 2013 • Articles

Garnering national support and inspiring followers across the globe, the intersection between gender and culture has come to define transnational Arab cyberactivism and cyberfeminism.

NATO Now and Then: Alliance Agents and Structures in Anarchical International Society

Francis A. Beer • Aug 27 2013 • Articles

NATO, as an international political-military regional organization, seamlessly moves between international anarchy and international society – continuing to thrive beyond its Cold War mandate.

Solutions and Crisis Prevention for Sovereign Debt Default

Richard Rousseau • Aug 27 2013 • Articles

The capitalist system needs a global debt framework to engender a more cautious behaviour among creditors and put downward pressure on the propensity to over-borrow in the international credit market.

Review – New Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century

Sue Jansen • Aug 26 2013 • Features

Pamment offers a meticulous reassessment of public diplomacy, but he falls short in critically interrogating the broader structural issues that have shaped new public diplomacy.

Tapping the Tubes: Understanding the Geography of Data

Henry Philippens • Aug 25 2013 • Articles

As the geography of the internet renders data increasingly vulnerable, greater efforts must be made by governments and citizens alike to understand how best to protect this information.

China’s Refugee Policy in Comparison

Jasmine Lam • Aug 25 2013 • Essays

In order to understand the challenges that confront refugees, broader forced migration studies in international development must integrate perspectives from international relations.

Review – Poverty Reduction in a Changing Climate

Alex Stark • Aug 24 2013 • Features

While an essay collection on the climate-poverty nexus has the potential to fill a gap, problems with presentation and organization ultimately mean that Dulal’s volume does not live up to its potential.

Is Immigration a Threat to Security?

Julia Tallmeister • Aug 24 2013 • Essays

Even with the expansion of the definition of security to include societal, economic, internal, and public security, immigration is merely a perceived threat to the state and society.

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