Imperialism in Contemporary Russian Liberalism: Alexei Navalny’s Rhetoric
Navalny embodied an alternative Russia to the Kremlin government’s control. Yet, despite his activism and liberal image, Navalny’s rhetoric was imperialistic at heart.
The Oslo Process: The Façade of Peace between Palestine and Israel
Oslo facilitated the territorial dispossession, economic dependency, and political fragmentation of Palestine as it was set up to bolster Israel’s occupational regime.
Analysing the Justiciability of Social and Economic Rights
Arguments against SERs’ justiciability—on grounds of their ‘costly’ nature, vagueness, intangibility, and the incapacity of courts—prove counterproductive and misguided.
Beijing’s Charm Offensive: China’s Soft Power Projection in Central Asia
China’s education diplomacy in CARs elucidates the intricacies of building cultural affinity, the nuances of alignment, and the synergy between hard and soft power.
How the Islamic State Weaponizes Imitation in Its Propaganda
Aggressive imitation is meant not only to justify IS’s violence but to express its worldview—of restoring Muslim honour by avenging the humiliation Muslims have suffered.
Laboratories at Home and Abroad: Russian Information Operations Pre-Deployment
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.
Nuclear Brinkmanship in Russia Today: A Strategic Narrative Analysis
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
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
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
Despite, but also due to, Europe’s unprecedented security landscape, the 2023 NATO Summit followed a familiar ritualized script that eclipsed any theatrical performances.
