Analysing the ‘Special Relationship’ between the US and UK in a Transatlantic Context
The term ‘Special Relationship’ has defined the alliance between the US and UK. Does it dominate all Transatlantic relations or is it contingent on convenience and context?
Commemorating Srebrenica: The “Inadequate” Truth of the Female Victim Experience
A meaningful reconciliation for Bosnian Muslim victims is largely contingent on the construction of a “collective memory” of Srebrenica, built on the female narrative.
The Gendered Politics Behind the International Criminal Court
The ICC’s review of gender-based crimes is fraught with biases, although the ICC has been more willing to punish offenders of mass rapes against the Rohingya in Myanmar.
Neocolonialism in J.A. Bayona’s ‘The Impossible’
The popular ‘rose tinted’ depiction of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami justifies the Global North’s neocolonial foreign aid strategies.
The Political Use of Soviet Nostalgia to Develop a Russian National Identity
Russian governments have used nostalgia for the Soviet Union as a political tool to generate a uniform Russian national identity.
De-constructing the ‘White Saviour Syndrome’: A Manifestation of Neo-Imperialism
The ‘White Saviour Syndrome’ represents the interpellation of an altruistic subject by the ruling capitalist ideology that reinforces the global means of production.
Constructing a Narrative: Ontological Security in the Scottish Nation (State)
This autoethnographic essay explores how myth-making in the Scottish education curriculum contributes to a rise in Scottish identity of young people.
Racism and the Politics of Fear at the US-Mexico Border
Security discourse that constructs migrants as existential threats to the American national identity reinforces racism, abuse of power, and the politics of fear.
A Critical Analysis of Libya’s State-Building Challenges Post-Revolution
Libya’s security dilemma is tied to the challenges of state-building and democratisation processes reflected through its weak institutions and legitimacy issues.
“The Crime He Committed Was to Steal a Cow”: Moral Luck and Gacaca
By rewarding confession and promoting reintegration, the Rwandan justice program Gacaca was marked by a permissive attitude toward individual moral responsibility.
