Articles

An Exploration into Queerness and Race in Contemporary Comics

Rudy Loewe • Oct 12 2016 • Articles

Having queer characters in works, even when the narrative is not specifically about being queer, is crucial.

Trump’s ‘Brexit Strategy’

Stephen McGlinchey • Oct 9 2016 • Articles

Trump has defied reality by gauging that enough voters will ignore the tide of critics mobilising against him, even a growing number of senior Republican Party figures.

The Middle East, Obama, and America’s Quest for a New Grand Strategy

Diego Pagliarulo • Oct 9 2016 • Articles

As the policy record – especially the Iran deal – shows, Obama’s approach can bring positive, even game changing, results at a relatively small cost.

Foreign Policy in the Kitchen

Johanna Mendelson Forman • Oct 5 2016 • Articles

Food has become a powerful tool of peacebuilding. Food gives diplomacy a boost and Chefs are among the new social entrepreneurs trying to change the world.

A No-First-Use Policy Would Make the United States Less Secure

Michaela Dodge and Adam Lowther • Oct 4 2016 • Articles

The benefits of a no-first-use policy are unlikely to materialize. Rather, the US is much more likely to see a number of negative consequences.

Knowing War: Moving Images and the Politics of Erasure in the Post 9/11 World

Christina Hellmich and Lisa Purse • Sep 30 2016 • Articles

Recent films, productions and research have played a role in creating the post 9/11 world and its imaging in the media.

No First Use of Nuclear Weapons: An Option for U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy?

Amy F. Woolf • Sep 28 2016 • Articles

As long as military and political leaders are aware of the effects of nuclear weapons, the barrier to crossing the nuclear threshold would remain prohibitively high.

A Goal at a Time: Sports and Kosovo’s Statehood

Rakshit Chopra • Sep 27 2016 • Articles

Battling the everyday struggles of a lagging economy, it is the next goal or gold medal that Kosovo greatly relies on for the dissemination of its political voice.

Turkey’s Operation in Syria and the Future of the Syrian Civil War

Burak Cop • Sep 26 2016 • Articles

Erdoğan and his allies need to come to terms with the reality that the only way to foster Syrian national unity is to have cordial relations with Syrian Arab Republic.

The State of Secession in International Politics

Ryan Griffiths • Sep 23 2016 • Articles

The proliferation of sovereign states has been a defining feature of the post World War II era. We are living in an age of secession.

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