Articles

Does North Korea Want to Be Attacked?

Francis Grice • Jul 9 2017 • Articles

As the Trump administration considers North Korea’s recent belligerence, it should bear in mind that launching limited strikes might be exactly what Kim Jong-un wants.

Utility of Force – a Response to Yuval Noah Harari

Neil Snyder • Jul 7 2017 • Articles

Hope alone does not create stability among states: coherent national strategy does.

Brexit and the Future of the European Convention on Human Rights

Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni • Jul 5 2017 • Articles

As the Brexit negotiations unfold it is important to keep up pressure on the UK Government to permanently drop the ambition of seeking Britain’s withdrawal from the ECHR.

Student Feature – A Brief Introduction to the Study of International Relations

A.C. McKeil • Jul 3 2017 • Articles

This feature is for the new student interested in becoming familiar with the study of International Relations (IR) and also for students struggling to grasp how IR fits together as a whole.

Peter Berger – Four Benefits of His Work to the Study of Religion in IR

John A. Rees • Jul 3 2017 • Articles

Peter Berger’s work on the enduring importance of religion might save the sub-discipline of religion in IR from turning in on itself.

Colonial Animality: Canadian Colonialism and the Human-Animal Relationship

Azeezah Kanji • Jul 3 2017 • Articles

De-anthropocentricizing ventures that do not decolonize are perilous, for neither non-human nor human colonial subjects can be ‘recognized’ into liberation.

The Ukraine Crisis – Four Cutting Edge Books

E-International Relations • Jul 1 2017 • Articles

E-International Relations has published four books covering the Ukraine crisis from a wide range of angles and viewpoints. Each book is free to read.

Decolonising the Anthropocene: The Mytho-Politics of Human Mastery

Karsten A. Schulz • Jul 1 2017 • Articles

The Anthropocene discussion has moved beyond questions of mere geological evidence, providing the ‘natural’ foundations for the idea of human mastery over the earth.

Ontologicidal Violence: The Muslim Subject and International Law

Pierre-Alexandre Cardinal • Jul 1 2017 • Articles

International law is premised on a hierarchical organizing of cultures, and is therefore critically unstable because its own biases undermine its claims to universality.

Brexit: The View from Czechia

Tomáš Weiss • Jun 30 2017 • Articles

Brexit has launched a general debate, which is long overdue, on what the Czech position in the EU and on the EU is and should be.

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