Effective governance in Lebanon provided fewer opportunities for regional actors to intervene in the country keeping it aloof from the power struggle in the region.
When women try to take the veil off, they learn that free choice only applies to choosing to wear the headscarf. No free choice is the other way around.
The gender dimension of the political economy of foreign domestic work in Lebanon manifests itself in the first instance in an exploitative maternalistic system.
IR Realism is not sufficient for understanding and explaining international politics, but its concerns with power politics in a decentralised system remain necessary.
Realists grow stronger when criticised on ethical grounds, because such criticism gives realism the opportunity to proclaim its alleged value-free condition.
For realists, neutral states can play a marginal role in the balance of power, but with the end of the Cold War there has been a lack of such a balance.
Cyber domain resembles an anarchical realist world with its lack of institutional governance where states fear one another and develop their capabilities in response.
While realism and power transition theory are often merged together it is important to regard and embrace them as different branches of the power tree.
Further initiatives and programmes ought to be instilled to encourage ASEAN students to pursue their education within ASEAN states.
As Britain embarks to find a new place in the world and as other powers vow to defend their sovereignty, the world seems even more confused and the debate remains open.
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