Articles

An International Relations Perspective on the Iran Nuclear Deal

Martin Beck • Aug 8 2018 • Articles

The deal problematically upheld the image of Iran going nuclear as a horror scenario to be prevented, cementing the securitization of Iran’s case without re-politicizing Israel’s nuclear status.

Hybrid Warfare and the Role Civilians Play

Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv • Aug 2 2018 • Articles

The intent to destabilize and weaken a state or community with persistent, non-military-based attacks is changing the ways in which war is understood.

Colombia’s New Presidency: Peace as Business (as Usual)

Manuela Trindade Viana • Jul 31 2018 • Articles

As armed conflict created the conditions for the boom of the Colombian agrobusiness, peacemaking has offered the stabilizing conditions for business to prosper.

A Tale of Silent Security in Little Mogadishu

Margaret Monyani • Jul 27 2018 • Articles

Securitizing migration, the Kenyan state creates silent security by allowing influential voices to link Somali refugees within its borders to terrorist networks.

Trump and Trade: The End of Multilateral Trade Governance?

Madison Cartwright • Jul 26 2018 • Articles

Contradictory US interests, domestic views on trade, and industry preferences will remain after Trump leaves office, which bodes ill for international trade governance.

Popular Culture Matters: Defining ‘Politics’ in Popular Culture & World Politics

William Clapton • Jul 26 2018 • Articles

The ‘Politics’ in PCWP remains limited and narrowly understood, even as the sites at which it is located expand.

Trump’s Foreign Policy Mantra: ‘Whoever Pays For It!’

Mohsen Solhdoost • Jul 24 2018 • Articles

Key strands of Trump’s specific vision to make foreign policy have been fundamentally undermining the American-led liberal world order.

Authoritarian Reformism in Saudi Arabia

Ben Rich • Jul 23 2018 • Articles

With Vision 2030, the Saudi administration emulates previous successes in a renegotiation of the social contract within the Kingdom that preserves authoritarian rule.

Global Histories in International Relations

As students of International Relations are historicizing the international, historians have opened up their discipline to international and global circuits.

The Importance of Media Literacy in the Classroom

Dillon Tatum • Jul 21 2018 • Articles

If we want students to learn about the world, how it works, how structures and processes are connected, this requires students to engage with news media.

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