Rather than being a proof of globalized human rights, the rape scandal in India should be used as a lesson about the effectiveness and usefulness of the media in their struggle for human rights.
e-IR’s latest blog will feature contributors from Newcastle University’s politics department, who will engage with the themes of culture, security and identity.
The future state of Tunisian politics is difficult to predict, but it is clear that addressing pressing socio-economic problems is vital for the success of the transition and for the reconciliation of society.
Realist accounts of phronesis are misguided. Phronesis is not just prudence in the sense of a reasoned recognition of the limits of what can be done, but also an ethical virtue that involves reflection on means and ends.
Demands for legal changes are often an immediate response to issues such as the Delhi rape case. Yet, moderate successes are often useless if attitudes regarding women’s sexuality remain unchanged.
The spectacle of apocalyptic destruction and human failing continues in the parable of ecological collapse. Yet it is typical of the misrepresentation of collapse as it is studied by archaeologists.
Governments of all stripes pursue war-gaming, simulations and contingency planning. So why not use Twitter to simulate crisis diplomacy? The potential pay-offs of such simulations make it necessary to try.
In multicultural Malaysia, the Malays are politically dominant, the Chinese have economic influence and the Indians have neither. The marginalisation of Indians in Malaysia extends to every aspect of daily life.
Teaching international power to business students is a reminder that not only are business and IR majors different, but that there are also differences amongst the business majors in the politics classroom.
In 2012 Nigeria experienced some of the worst floods in living memory, yet efforts to address the problem have been limited by the dominance of a reactionary, rather than a proactive, narrative.
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