Articles

Intuitive Action and Popular Culture in Trump’s Alternative Facts Age

Mehmet Evren Eken • Apr 20 2017 • Articles

As the exceptional American follows its path intuitively without any need to draw on agreed upon facts, guns can be drawn upon alternative facts driven by intuitive knowledge.

Migration and the Ukraine Crisis

Greta Uehling • Apr 18 2017 • Articles

The topic of migration, as seen through the Ukraine crisis, brings together what are conventionally seen as diverse and separate areas of scholarship.

Five Up / Five Down – Syrian Missile Strike, Part 2

Matthew Murray • Apr 18 2017 • Articles

Tweets Matter. If Trump creates a perception of reality through informational sources that are not rigorous or complete, his positions will be deficient.

Responses to the Phenomenon of Internal Displacement in Ukraine

Tania Bulakh • Apr 18 2017 • Articles

While initially all IDPs fleeing war in Ukraine were accepted by the wider population, over the past year regional belonging has become a marker of social stigmatisation.

Five Up / Five Down – Syrian Missile Strike, Part 1

Matthew Murray • Apr 15 2017 • Articles

This strike, no matter the problems with it, does show that the American military machine is awake again in a non-covert way.

US Missiles and Parallels of Interventionism in Syria’s ‘Thirty Years War’

Francis Grice • Apr 14 2017 • Articles

By reembracing the norm of interventionism, the world’s major powers are rediscovering the very reason why it was banished at Westphalia so many years ago.

Is Humanitarian Aid Politicized?

Izabela Pereira Watts • Apr 13 2017 • Articles

Humanitarian aid is a political act. Yet, beyond politics and policies, humanitarian aid struggles to reflect the principles and practices underpinning good governance.

The Social Challenge of Internal Displacement in Ukraine

Kateryna Ivashchenko-Stadnik • Apr 13 2017 • Articles

After the two years of conflict in Ukraine, the IDPs are still perceived as semi-fellows and semi-citizens, limited in their access to social life.

Field Research, Research Design, and Scientific Method (A Personal Account)

Patricia Sohn • Apr 13 2017 • Articles

“Science” is a many splendored and varied thing. It even includes qualitative research.

The EU-Libya Migrant Deal: A Deal of Convenience

Michael Asiedu • Apr 11 2017 • Articles

The recently concluded EU-Libya deal is convenient for the EU but a disservice to migrants and refugees in Libya.

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