Clausewitz and Sun Tzu’s writings remain relevant, but Clausewitz provides more useful tools to conceptualize the different forms of modern political violence.
Whilst ‘human security’ has theoretical merit, its idealistic nature renders it flawed in practice and no more effective than the ‘traditional’ security approach which preceded it.
The current human rights framework, while tackling sexual rights, fails to take local contexts into account, thus increasing discrimination and limiting the impact of local activists.
Feminist IPE has long been characterized by critical, theoretically rich, and methodogically radical grounded research and theorization, and this is a key source of its most important analytic insights.
Increased US involvement may not bring about a quick, clean end to Syrian conflict. But, the limited involvement that Obama has recently been indicating will certainly not do so.
Studying the use of international organizations as hegemonic tools highlights America’s special role in NATO’s decision-making process and its unique interests in the Kosovo intervention.
Great War doctrine dominated pre-1930s military thinking, but the mid-20th Century witnessed the full development of guerrilla warfare, in thought and in practice.
An increased focus on communication and reconciliation over individualism could have the potential to bring a more peaceful orientation to foreign policy issues.
Professor Barry Buzan answers reader questions about the English School and the securitization of global finance, and discusses his view of the next era of world history.
The economic crisis in Greece and the financial bailouts it received sent shockwaves through the Eurozone and global markets. Could reforms have avoided the collapse? Why were they not successful?
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