Articles

How the English Language Dominates Disaster Research and Practice

Translations of disaster terms often fail to apply local perspectives and take advantage of knowledge generated outside of Western frameworks.

The Taiwan Factor in the Clarification of China’s U-shaped Line

He Xiaheng Derek • Jan 16 2021 • Articles

The Taiwan factor has added to the challenge to China’s claims in the South China Sea and to the bargaining process among relevant states.

For the People or for Power? Wielding the ICC Gavel in a World of Power Politics

Nico Edwards • Jan 15 2021 • Articles

The ICC remains guilty of a ‘complacency of complementarity’, wherein the Court heralds the dispensing of distanced justice over respecting existing national processes.

Queering Genocide: How Can Sexuality Be Incorporated Into Analyses Of Genocide?

Patrick Vernon • Jan 13 2021 • Articles

Understanding more about the sexuality of genocidal violence will only come from an analysis of heterosexuality as a system of logic.

Opinion – The Path Beyond Trump in US Human Rights Policies

Andreas Yiannaros • Jan 11 2021 • Articles

Biden’s election provides an opportunity for the United States to begin along the path of restoring trust in its global human rights response and influence.

NGOs, Disarmament, and Limits on War Violence

Margarita H. Petrova • Jan 10 2021 • Articles

NGOs are not only agenda-setters working through states and IGOs for norm creation, but also active actors in security governance – taking on new issues and engagements with non-state actors.

Opinion – US Recognition of Moroccan Sovereignty in Western Sahara

John Hickman • Jan 9 2021 • Articles

Audiences would be better informed if journalists abandoned their reluctance to address territoriality of states without coating their reporting in the language of international law.

Political Topology in the Anthropocene: Reconsidering Political Space in Light of Covid-19

Maximilian Lakitsch • Jan 5 2021 • Articles

Humanity seems to be ill-prepared to deal with transnational challenges, whether they concern a virus or the consequences of climate change.

The Articulation of Discourse in Populism: Understanding 21st Century Pakistan

Prashant Rastogi • Jan 5 2021 • Articles

More than an ideology, populism in Pakistan has been utilised as a strategy to mobilise people by conditioning them towards either revolution or reformation via the logic of difference.

Opinion – Lessons from Europe for the UK’s Battle Against Economic Inequality

Andrew Maitland • Jan 3 2021 • Articles

Tackling inequality in the UK will require Government commitment to long term planning as well as the use of inventive policy making to ensure it remains a sustainable policy goal.

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