Archive for 2014

Western Human Rights in a Diverse World: Cultural Suppression or Relativism?

anon • Apr 25 2014 • Essays

Cultural relativism should not be an excuse to avoid the difficulties of enforcing an individualistic human rights system in communities believing in collective rights.

Politics in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies

Peter Clegg • Apr 24 2014 • Articles

British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies are often neglected, but they have vital links with Britain and are important global actors in their own right.

The Power of IPE for Researching Energy and Natural Resources

Jesse Salah Ovadia • Apr 24 2014 • Articles

The ability of IPE scholars to understand energy through a lens that examines both the economic and political aspects of power offers great potential for analysis.

Using English School Theory to Determine Legitimate Humanitarian Intervention

Rohan Dhaliwal • Apr 24 2014 • Essays

Though it provides a solid basis for determining the legitimacy of humanitarian intervention in theory, the English School encounters certain challenges in practice.

Crimea: A Problem of and for International Society

Benedict Docherty • Apr 23 2014 • Articles

The Crimean crisis is a problem for international society, because the crisis and the reaction to it demonstrates both the existence and the limits of that society.

A Critical Exploration of the Olympic Park, Part Two

Pip Thornton • Apr 22 2014 • Articles

A narrative of security which permeates the layers, exposes the ironies, questions the ubiquity and enriches the understanding of traditional representations of space.

How International Is International Criminal Justice?

Maja Davidovic • Apr 22 2014 • Essays

US reluctance to cooperate with the International Criminal Court, aside from selective cases, undermines efforts to build the organization’s legitimacy.

Review – The Formation of the Chinese Communist Party

Kendrick Kuo • Apr 22 2014 • Features

Ishikawa’s deep archival research casts doubt on the official history of the formation of the Chinese Communist Party, but is often overwhelmingly dense.

The International Court of Justice and the Peru-Chile Maritime Case

Mitja Grbec & Marko Pavliha • Apr 21 2014 • Articles

The ICJ’s decision in the Peru-Chile Maritime Case represents another important stone in the mosaic of what is usually referred to as the Law of Maritime Delimitations.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Year of Living Dangerously

Malik Mufti • Apr 20 2014 • Articles

It has been a difficult year for democratic Islamists across the Middle East. The past year’s events constitute a test of the Brotherhood’s commitment to democracy.

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