The Role of the State in Development: Re-examining Neo-Liberal Recommendations
Examining the history of development in the UK, the US, Germany and Japan brings the policy recommendations of neoliberalism into question.
Rousseau: Conjectural History and the Political Theory of Organic State
Rousseau’s entire socio-political philosophy resembles a form of policy analysis of the discontents of human civilization and socialization, designed to discover a remedy for our ‘miseries’.
The Chicken or the Egg? Causes of the Moldova-Transnistria Conflict
Economic, political and social variables were mutually important at the onset of the Moldova-Transnistria Conflict.
Rwandan Genocide: Failure of the International Community?
The “shadow of Somalia”, national interest and lack of internal pressure led to international failure to prevent and stop the Rwandan genocide.
An Evaluation of Neoconservative Foreign Policy
Neoconservative foreign policy has a solid core of reasonable assumptions, but America’s attempts to put the neoconservative agenda into practice came at an enormous human and political cost.
SAPs and the Build up to the Rwandan Genocide
It is evident that SAPs worsened the economic situation of Rwanda, and they had significant effects on the wider social and political environment.
Perpetuating Ancient Female Norms in South Asia
In South Asia, the ongoing prevalence of violence against women is structurally associated with the region’s cultural incorporation of patriarchal norms.
African PCCs and Economics
Economic factors are central to the genesis, progression and resolution of African PCCs. Foreign states and aid agencies must respond with techniques that economically disincentivise combatants.
The Six Day and Yom Kippur Wars in Historical Context
The cataclysmic Arab-Israeli conflicts of 1967 and 1973 have in many ways defined today’s conflict. But, what were the main strategic and political consequences of these two wars?
European Unity in the Post Cold War Era
The EU has gone further than ever before to ensure the future of Europe as an economic union and, whilst they are some way behind, political and social integration is also now a key part of its structure.
