Essays

Gender and Weaponization of Healthcare in Conflict: A Feminist Discourse Analysis

Alba Andrés Sánchez • Sep 17 2024 • Essays

The gendered analysis of weaponization of healthcare reveals how when it is combined with sexual violence women are exposed to a compounded form of violence.

Laboratories at Home and Abroad: Russian Information Operations Pre-Deployment

Botond K. Kerti • Sep 7 2024 • Essays

The internal Russian information space serves as a testing ground for Russia’s information operations before they are deployed against countries of the post-Soviet space.

An Embodiment, a Bridge and a Tribute: Conceptualisations from Beyond the Border

Isabella Morgan Vera • Sep 2 2024 • Essays

Border art re-conceptualises the US-Mexico border by engendering an aesthetic experience fractured from the hierarchical and hegemonic ‘distribution of the sensible’.

More than a Seat in the General Assembly: The Recognition of de facto States

Flora Marlene Willimek • Aug 27 2024 • Essays

Particularly in the case of de facto states, non-formal recognition practices can play a major role in constructing sovereignty and statehood for the territory in question.

Unmasking the Narrative: Is China’s Debt Trap Diplomacy Fact or Fiction?

Devyansh Dullar • Aug 19 2024 • Essays

Claims of China’s Debt Trap Diplomacy stem from a Western bias against China and China’s opaque lending practices, but there is little evidence such claims are factual.

Are ‘Climate Refugees’ Compatible with the 1951 Refugee Convention?

Hoang Anh Q. (Jason) Nguyen • Aug 13 2024 • Essays

The 1951 Refugee Convention’s limitations are increasingly evident as climate change drives displacement, necessitating broader legal frameworks for protection.

Nuclear Brinkmanship in Russia Today: A Strategic Narrative Analysis

Lea Marlene Korb • Jul 29 2024 • Essays

RT portrays the international system as a new Cold War system with a nuclear face-off between two superpowers and Russia as facing nuclear threats from Ukraine and NATO.

Anthroprocene or Capitalocene: Navigating the Politics of Climate Change

Janja Jankovic • Jul 20 2024 • Essays

Climate change cannot be tackled by capitalist ecological policies of financial institutions and Western states but socio-economic justice and postcolonial epistemes.

Traumatic Memory and Historical Narratives

Vanesa Valcheva • Jul 8 2024 • Essays

To induce successes in transitional justice, traumatic memory is mechanised resulting in oversimplification of relations.

Predictability in an Unpredictable World: Ritual and the NATO Summit in Vilnius

Anton Bronfman • Jul 6 2024 • Essays

Despite, but also due to, Europe’s unprecedented security landscape, the 2023 NATO Summit followed a familiar ritualized script that eclipsed any theatrical performances.

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