Understanding Power in Counterinsurgency: A Case Study of the Soviet-Afghanistan War
To be successful, counterinsurgency operations must expand beyond a solely militaristic conception of power to include soft power and popular support.
Remembering February 19, 1942: Japanese Americans and World War II
It is crucial to remember the painful experience of Japanese-American internment and incarceration during World War II to prevent future atrocities from occurring.
The Resilience of Baloch Insurgencies: Understanding the Fifth Period
The Baloch peoples’ insurgency has proved their resilience and ability to generate momentum for a cause that is unlikely to subside to Pakistani state repression.
American Exceptionalism as a Basis for the American Consciousness
According to the rhetoric of the Puritan Fathers and Lyndon B Johnson, American power and flourishing depends on continued moral excellence.
Racial Security: The Unobserved Threat in IR
The complexities of race have received little engagement in IR and continue to be sifted through white frameworks that create oversimplifications and generalizations.
Re-interpreting Political Spaces through Native American Spatialities
Conventional methods of cartography perpetuate colonial and neoliberal positions at the cost of a more inclusive mapping system that would adopt indigenous perspectives.
Securitising the War On Terror
The policy response to the 9/11 Attacks disproportionally securitised global terrorism as an existential threat by using the genre of war, rather than crime.
Pax Kigali: Reconciliation and Peace in Contemporary Rwanda
The ruling RPF party must succeed in forging an inclusive Rwandan identity, beyond the dichotomous genocide narrative, to move from a repressive to sustainable peace.
How MONUSCO Contributed to Constructing the DRC as the ‘Dark Heart’ of Africa
The role and scope of MONUSCO forces in the DRC were greatly influenced by Western perceptions of the country as the “dark” heart of Africa.
The Long March to Peace: The Evolution from “Old Diplomacy” to “New Diplomacy”
The shift from “old” to “new” diplomacy was not a radical change or an “Americanisation” of the diplomatic method, but a continuation of long-term liberal thought.
