Articles

The International Community: Conceptual Insights from Law and Sociology

Dennis R. Schmidt • Nov 27 2015 • Articles

While talk would suggest that there exists some kind of unitary and durable actor called ‘international community’, it is far from clear who or what it represents.

Testing the Waters in the South China Sea

Zhiqun Zhu • Nov 26 2015 • Articles

Reactions to US operations in the South China Sea demonstrate that China and the United States seem to have established a working protocol for issues they disagree on

Strategic Uncertainty and the Regional Security Order in East Asia

Chinese and American intentions constitutes the two fundamental uncertainties that will shape regional security in East Asia.

Homeland’s Popular Geopolitics Gets Punked

Robert A. Saunders • Nov 24 2015 • Articles

The graffiti prank on the set of ‘Homeland’ is an act that represents a physical realization that the pop-culture canvas can be subverted even in the process.

Roger Waters’ The Wall and the ‘ISIS Crisis’

Stephen McGlinchey • Nov 23 2015 • Articles

Seeing Waters’ depiction of how war has made him a broken man gave me hope that a more sensible debate is being had amongst citizens over the march to war with ISIS.

India’s Complex Security Environment & the Need for International Partnerships

Satgin Hamrah • Nov 21 2015 • Articles

India needs to develop and implement effective strategies and tactics that address its diverse security environment in a multi-pronged and multi-layered manner.

The West Needs a Strategic Pause before Working with Russia

Robert W. Murray and Joe Varner • Nov 19 2015 • Articles

There are a number of reasons why empowering Russia in the Middle East is a dangerous idea, and should create serious pause for Western states

The South China Seas: a Manageable Dispute

Kerry Brown • Nov 17 2015 • Articles

Reaching a pragmatic solution to the problem of the contested territories of the South China Sea requires complex diplomatic efforts on the side of all parties involved.

Open International Relations: The Digital Commons and the Future of IR

Paul Kirby • Nov 16 2015 • Articles

A systematic transformation of scholarly publishing is some way off. Initiatives show that there is space to do better, and a promising journal system to be built.

Larval Terror and the Digital Darkside

Nandita Biswas Mellamphy • Nov 14 2015 • Articles

When war becomes larval, it becomes pervasive and perpetual; the need for fear, for threats, for insecurity also become circulated within the spheres of everyday life.

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