Articles

Political Apology 2.0: Japan says Sorry to ‘Comfort Women’ (Again)

Paul Muldoon • Jan 28 2016 • Articles

Grievously wounded subjects are not easily healed and it would be naïve to assume that victims of state aggression will be able to put the past behind them.

Remembering Darfur: The World’s Longest Running Genocide

Mukesh Kapila • Jan 27 2016 • Articles

Lack of personal responsibility is why we failed on Darfur, and the continuing lack of accountability is why we are likely to fail again elsewhere

The Perilous Path of India-Pakistan Relations, Post-Pathankot

Michael Kugelman • Jan 26 2016 • Articles

The terror attack on India’s Pathankot air base may have failed to derail the India-Pakistan dialogue, yet the future and success of these talks remain highly uncertain.

What Next for Renminbi Internationalization?

Tristram Sainsbury • Jan 26 2016 • Articles

Chinese authorities need to pursue consistent and measured financial policies considering the impact on other countries, and not cause global financial instability.

Out in the Open: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Execution of Sheik Nimr al-Nimr

Binoy Kampmark • Jan 25 2016 • Articles

The confrontation of Saudi Arabia and Iran remains a political battle of influence with a veneer of religious justifications and very secular interests at the heart.

Posthuman Security: Reflections from an Open-ended Conversation

Audra Mitchell • Jan 25 2016 • Articles

The discussion of ‘posthuman security’ places both of its key terms in constant question, and stubbornly refuses closure into any particular vision of either.

Hillary Clinton, Israel and the Middle East

Andrea Dessì • Jan 24 2016 • Articles

No one in Israel or the US is under any illusion that Obama’s departure will end the underlining tensions that have rocked the US-Israel ‘special relationship’ over recent years.

Reports on Genocide in Myanmar Highlight the Need for Change

Ronan Lee • Jan 24 2016 • Articles

The situation for the majority of Rakhine State’s residents, Buddhist and Muslim, is dreadful. But, for the Rohingya Muslims it is tragic.

An Overview of the English School’s Engagement with Human Rights

Adrian Gallagher • Jan 24 2016 • Articles

The English School in IR theory has an under-theorised understanding of humanity which in turn fails to explain why ‘we’ should act to save ‘them’.

The UN through the Pop-Culture Looking Glass

Pablo Castillo Diaz • Jan 24 2016 • Articles

At 70 years of age the United Nations barely registers in the history of either the big or the small screen, and when it does the results are markedly unflattering.

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