Archive for 2013

Review – Nigeria at Fifty

Toyin Falola • Jun 9 2013 • Features

In analysing the fifty years since Nigeria’s independence, this collection of essays argues for reform that delegitimises the elite rent seekers in the state while concurrently empowering the impoverished populace.

Notes from Shanghai

Dylan Kissane • Jun 9 2013 • Articles

For a western politics professor, it is natural to try to keep your eyes open for differences in everyday life under communist rule in Shanghai. Yet aside from the internet censorship, there is little that leaves one worried.

International Politics & Human Nature

Rosie Walters • Jun 9 2013 • Essays

Realists claim that international politics are derived from human’s nature to war and cause destruction, which emphasizes masculinity and eschews women from the international arena.

Historicizing the International

Xavier Guillaume • Jun 8 2013 • Articles

History enables us not only to understand why the international has the shape it now possesses, but also, how historicizing the international identifies what is left outside dominant historiographical rationality.

Review – The Politics of Nation-Building

Kendrick Kuo • Jun 8 2013 • Features

Harris Mylonas’ novel approach to nation-building not only pioneers a new theory in the well-trodden ethnopolitics field, but also integrates international relations with comparative politics.

Hedley Bull: Constitutive or Reflective of International Society?

Abigail Temperley • Jun 7 2013 • Essays

Bull’s conception of diplomacy is constitutive of international society and its constituent rules, norms and conventions – which have been shaped by institutions.

Review – Churchill and Finland

Keith Olson • Jun 7 2013 • Features

Through an in depth examination of the Winston Churchill’s relationship with Finland, Markku Ruotsila explains Churchill’s geostrategic interests as well as his anticommunist ideology.

“Killer Robots”: Double Standards? Blind Faith?

Michael Aaronson • Jun 7 2013 • Articles

It is strange that we vest in a piece of machinery the moral blame that belongs to humans, and alarming that faith in technology and the power of numbers is leading us down a dangerous path.

The 1940 Election and US Foreign Policy

Luke Devoy • Jun 6 2013 • Essays

FDR was able to traverse the minefield of elections without changing the substance of his policies, due to his political skill, favourable events, and the approach of his opposition.

Why Has R2P Not Been Applied to Syria?

Filippos Aligizakis • Jun 6 2013 • Essays

Syria warrants the application of R2P as there is an on-going government campaign of extermination against civilians; however, no country is willing to commit to a military intervention.

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