Climate & Environment

Water Crisis or What are Crises? A Case Study of India-Bangladesh Relations

Roshani Jain • Jun 11 2020 • Essays

The nature of India-Bangladesh relations can be better understood by analyzing water insecurity, a critical feature of each country’s geopolitics.

Can Marxism in International Relations Offer Solutions to the Eco-Crisis?

Jessica Hubbard • May 16 2020 • Essays

Marx’s conception of nature was ecological to its core, and Marxism as an IR theory provides a possible framework to discuss global environmental policy.

Trust Me If You Can: Voluntary Sustainability Programs in the Uranium Industry

Marlene Terstiege • Apr 18 2020 • Essays

The credibility of Voluntary Sustainability Programs (VSPs) in the uranium industry depends on their transparency, inclusion and rigor.

Human Vulnerability to Climate Change

Michela Borzoni • Feb 18 2020 •

Minimizing human vulnerability to climate change is largely determined by the extent to which societies develop and organize themselves to be resilient to these changes.

Kaliningrad’s Energy Self-sufficiency: Potentials and Opportunities

Gianmarco Riva • Dec 12 2019 • Essays

Relations between the EU and Russia have sparked concerns regarding energy relations, notably with respect to Kaliningrad’s energy security.

The Dangers of Securitizing Health

Hannah Roberts • Dec 4 2019 • Essays

Securitization can be a beneficial strategy for policy makers in global health but its Eurocentric nature creates a binary between the West and developing states.

Buy Good, Do Good, Be Good? Ethical Consumption as Neoliberal Governmentality

Ruby Agatha Utting • Nov 24 2019 • Essays

Neoliberal capitalism is reproduced by discourse of ethical consumption as a global-corporate and individualised conflation of the economic and social spheres.

Assessing Global Response to Rising Sea Levels: Who Needs to Be Involved?

Dominique Grabau • Oct 10 2019 • Essays

Addressing rising sea levels that affect islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans will allow for stronger climate change solutions globally.

Should the Rome Statute Include the Crime of Ecocide?

Ari Bilotta • Aug 28 2019 • Essays

The crime of ‘Ecocide’ is analysed within the context of the Vietnam War, suggesting that it should be added to the Rome Statute.

The Emergent Role of Cities as Actors in International Relations

Salome Gongadze • Aug 6 2019 • Essays

Cities are behaving as actors in contemporary international politics by mimicking diplomatic practices, organising transnational networks, and engaging with IOs.

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