Articles

Assessing State and Religious Institutions: A Comment from the Case of Angola

Ruy Llera Blanes • Nov 2 2015 • Articles

Angola has become in recent years an interesting case study through which one might consider the complexities of the geopolitics of faith in the twenty-first century.

Diasporas and International Relations

Youly Diamanti-Karanou • Nov 1 2015 • Articles

Diasporas find themselves in between two countries, having an emotional investment in two nations, and preserving social connections in two societies.

Religious Politics and the Rise of Illiberal Religion

Scott Hibbard • Nov 1 2015 • Articles

While there are a variety of explanations for the resurgence of religious politics, an understanding of precisely how religion relates to modern politics is missing.

Holism, Religion and Geopolitics

Don Handelman • Oct 31 2015 • Articles

Any attempt to keep things together in holistic ways, will have intimations of religion which continually challenge any geopolitics based on liberal values.

ASEAN, Institutional Change, and Historical Institutionalism

Kei Koga • Oct 31 2015 • Articles

Understanding the processes of institutional change is important to grasp the possibility and limitation of ASEAN’s institutional change, and its reaction to an event.

Using Hybridized Teaching Methodologies in China

Donald Guadagni • Oct 31 2015 • Articles

In a system over-reliant on rote learning and inefficient testing and engagement, a hybrid approach fusing Western and Eastern methods offers a better path.

Democratic Peace Theory: Is the Patient Terminally Ill or Recuperable?

Alexander Svitych • Oct 29 2015 • Articles

Although DPT in its current form is a dubious conceptual tool, a promising way to ‘repair’ the theory is to find points of convergence with competing explanations

The Virtues of Anarchism

Christian Pfenninger • Oct 26 2015 • Articles

IR needs to pay attention to philosophical anarchism; IR has been paying attention to anarchy, but has failed to incorporate anarchism into its conceptual repertoire.

The Thatcherization of India’s Foreign Policy

Anubhav Roy • Oct 26 2015 • Articles

Both Thatcher and Modi value global power projections, a West-wards tilt and regional prominence, while balancing free-market fruits with nationalist roots.

Are Women Agents? Reading ‘Gender’ in Africa’s Rights Frameworks

Toni Haastrup • Oct 26 2015 • Articles

Feminism is relevant, when engaged, to help see the erasure of other gender identities in the human rights supported pan-African discourse on gender equality/justice.

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