Archive for 2013

The Indian Woman’s Reality

Kirthi Jayakumar • Jan 9 2013 • Articles

India thronged to the streets recently in protest, after a young woman was brutally gang raped and subsequently died. But what the masses and policy-makers have failed to understand are the deeper cultural problems, allowing such crimes to happen.

Moldova and NATO: Expansion Stops at the Dniester River?

W. Alejandro Sanchez • Jan 9 2013 • Articles

Moldova is one of the few European countries that is not a member of NATO. There is little that Chisinau may be able to contribute to the Alliance to make it desirable as a member.

Shale Gas Development in China

Svetlana Izrailova • Jan 9 2013 • Essays

Development of shale gas is a priority for Chinese leadership, who hope the resource will decrease reliance on foreign imports and allow for greater independence and security.

Obstacles to Peace Agreements

Katrine Steingrimsen • Jan 8 2013 • Essays

As learned from the failure of negotiations in Rwanda and Sierra Leone, the likelihood for parties to commit to an agreement improves if peace is made desirable and continued war costly.

Review – Racism without Racists

Shayla C. Nunnally • Jan 8 2013 • Features

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s important book examines the prevalence of racism in a post-Civil War United States, and the powerful role it continues to play in hindering development within minority groups.

Reconstructing Arab States: Do Fractured Politics Require the Tools of Transitional Justice?

Anthony Chase • Jan 8 2013 • Articles

The way to clear a path towards true revolutions in the Arab world that reconstitute public spheres in more open and pluralistic ways begins with coming to terms with the past.

Evolution of the Responsibility to Protect

Nico Smit • Jan 7 2013 • Essays

The moral standing and credibility of the US and UK have weakened following Iraq, thus negatively impacting their ability to build international commitment to the R2P principle.

Cypriot Women’s Struggles for Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325

Maria Hadjipavlou • Jan 7 2013 • Articles

Cyprus’ problems go beyond ethnicized politics into the fabric of its social order. A gender equality perspective can liberate men and women to build a healthier, just and democratic society.

Nuclear Energy and Resolving Environmental Problems: Examining the Case of India

Manpreet Sethi • Jan 7 2013 • Articles

Enhancing energy production and sustaining the environment are not an either/or choice. India must be greedy enough to want both. Nuclear power does provide a solution worthy of consideration.

Review – National, European and Human Security

Richard Matthew • Jan 7 2013 • Features

National, European and Human Security examines whether, if at all, human security and national security have converged in the past decade, and how they currently co-exist.

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