Archive for 2013

Gender-Based Violence in South Africa: A Crisis of Masculinity?

Maurice Dunaiski • Apr 27 2013 • Essays

The ‘crisis of masculinity’ thesis focuses solely on changing gender relations in post-apartheid South Africa, and is inadequate for explaining the high level of gender-based violence.

Six Reasons Why the UN Security Council Should Not Discuss Climate Change

Dhanasree Jayaram • Apr 26 2013 • Articles

Now may be the right time to shift attention from the UNSC to an alternative forum through which the implications of climate change could be discussed and solutions elicited.

A Review of Realism’s Contributions to IR

Hannah James • Apr 26 2013 • Essays

With IR theories flying around in abundance, it’s important to remember the contributions that Realism has given to the field to consider its relevance to contemporary global affairs.

Can the Use of Torture in the War on Terror be Justified?

Astrid Holzinger • Apr 26 2013 • Essays

The protection of human rights from terrorist threats and the counterterrorism efforts that follow need to be in accordance with human rights standards in order to maintain legitimacy.

Reflecting on the Spring

Dylan Kissane • Apr 26 2013 • Articles

The POL 210 course for spring has drawn to a close. For students, it will be a couple of days of relaxation before an intensive summer session. For professors, it represents a chance to reflect on a semester’s teaching

How Should National Security and Human Security Relate to Each Other?

Riccardo Trobbiani • Apr 26 2013 • Essays

National security is often seen as the defence of state borders, but it concerns the protection of citizens and the rule of law, and thus should not be separated from human security.

John Kerry’s Pacific Dream

Zachary Keck • Apr 25 2013 • Articles

The Pacific Dream concept sought to advance two central U.S. foreign policy goals in the Asia-Pacific: expanding the scope of the U.S. pivot beyond defense, and isolating China without singling it out.

Review – Conscience: A Very Short Introduction

James Wakefield • Apr 25 2013 • Features

Paul Strohm’s ‘Conscience’ is at once an accessible, thought-provoking and often entertaining introduction to a controversial topic – a tour from the historic origins of the term right through to the present day.

Memory, Identity, and Extremism in the Ayodhya Dispute

Maryyum Mehmood • Apr 25 2013 • Essays

Extremist elites amongst both Hindus and Muslims effectively mobilised the ordinary masses, aligning them to their own interests and harnessing narratives of collective identity.

Ethnicity as a Source of Conflict in India

William Crowne • Apr 24 2013 • Essays

Impoverished slums, such as those in Mumbai and Gujarat, played a major part in ethnic violence because they were reliant upon resource networks divided along ethnic lines.

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