Ilan Kapoor questions the effectiveness of celebrity humanitarianism through a thought provoking analysis that considers it as a ‘spectacle’ for covering up the wrongs of capitalism.
Star Trek’s heydays were when it reflected interstellar conflict between empires/nation states. The re-imagined movies have allowed us to retrace such conflicts and relive some of the best moments of the show.
Toomas Hendrik Ilves recently visited the UK to discuss the threat of cyber security. It turned out to be a fascinating discussion about personal freedoms, liberty and state power.
Order is a condition rooted in a system of knowledge operating at the level of the individual, the state, and the international – manifested in the political and the economic.
The Arctic nations may fail in their commitments to cooperate and protect the environment, choosing instead to maximize national interests.
Iran’s influence on the Arab world is waning. The regime faces increasing domestic and international pressures, and is looking for a game changer. This is why a military strike on Iran must be avoided.
The way we think and feel about particular kinds of weapons is significantly influenced by the way they are talked about and acted upon by the powerful.
R2P is firmly embedded within the existing international legal order, and thus presents no legal change; its strength comes from its status as a political concept, not a legal one.
In the Western Balkans, the main issue for the EU remains how to turn the trajectory of regime change and mounting structural deficit into a successful story of state- and institution-building.
Xinjiang’s place within the global war on terrorism is interesting. China’s narrative on the issue has fascinating similarities with the Russian narrative on the conflict in Chechnya.
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