Improving the EU Response to Pandemics: Key Lessons from Other Crisis Management Domains
COVID-19 offered an opportunity to structurally reform the instruments of the health security framework to better respond to future outbreaks.
Opinion – Omens for US-Taiwan Relations in the Biden Administration
Whether the US can contain China’s rise will determine not only the fate of Taiwan and the regional security of East Asia but also the new global order.
Continuity and Change: China’s Assertiveness in the South China Sea
Skepticism is warranted regarding PRC claims that its assertiveness is a response to external provocations. What appears like a targeted move may be another step toward a stated long-term goal.
Opinion – How Polish Women Fight Their Right-Wing Government
The situation in Poland is a symptom of the global backlash against women’s rights. At the same time, it shows the power of peaceful protest and the importance of feminist solidarity.
Is it Possible to Escape the Past? Race and the Radicalization of Robert Byrd and Anders Breivik
In the case of Byrd and Breivik it is an internal rather than an external exercise of whether someone radicalised can compromise their own values.
Introducing Varieties of European Subsidiarity
The question of how powers should be distributed between the EU and the member states requires an empirical investigation into the practical application of subsidiarity from the perspective of multiple disciplines.
Punk AF: Resisting Postmodern Interpretations of Punk Culture in World Politics
Regarding punk as symbolic of postmodernity creates a misleading narrative that punk culture, despite its structural whiteness, was anti-racist, counter-hegemonic, and socio-politically resistant.
Opinion – The Challenges Facing Joe Biden in the Middle East
Considering Biden’s decades of history and expertise in foreign policy, the incoming administration should be well prepared to balance practical considerations with idealistic goals in the region.
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
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.
