Identity Politics

Rwandan Genocide: Failure of the International Community?

Dominique Maritz • Apr 7 2012 • Essays

The “shadow of Somalia”, national interest and lack of internal pressure led to international failure to prevent and stop the Rwandan genocide.

Failed Humanitarian Intervention in East Timor

Katherine Green • Apr 6 2012 • Essays

Although East Timor gained independence in 2002, it was a failure to mitigate ethnic tensions in 1999 that demonstrated the UN’s self-limiting culture.

Abjection and Resistance on the Zambian Copperbelt

Joe Sutcliffe • Mar 29 2012 • Essays

By concentrating on the struggles of Copperbelt mineworkers, their resistance to neoliberal domination in Zambia be understood and reaffirmed.

The Symbolic Politics Theory of Ethnic War

Katherine Green • Mar 13 2012 • Essays

Symbolic politics theory is a more accurate account of ethnic conflict. It attributes the outbreak of extreme violence to both elite politics and the socialization of competing identities.

Does Nationalism Facilitate Order and Justice?

Nadia Vittoria • Mar 7 2012 • Essays

Nationalism, as a concept, ultimately fails to facilitate order and justice in international society because of its inherently volatile and unpredictable nature.

Determinants of Attitudes on Immigration in Canada and France

Dylan White • Feb 22 2012 • Essays

There is little comparative academic work on public perceptions of immigration. Canada perennially scores highly, while France fares poorly.

The Enigma of Iranian-Is​raeli Relations

Uri Marantz • Feb 8 2012 • Essays

The recent intensification of enmity between Iran and Israel has been the focus of political analysts, pundits, practitioners, and critics alike.

Why Have Far-right Parties Been More Successful in Some States Than Others?

Alex Murray • Jan 24 2012 • Essays

From Hungary to Norway, far-right parties have made electoral gains across Europe; quadrupling their average share of the vote in recent decades

‘Hospitality’ and the Ethics of EU Foreign Policy (1999-2004)

Oliver Carrington • Jan 23 2012 • Essays

The concept of hospitality can be used to analyse EU foreign policy in a number of ways. The EU’s own approach uses this concept to demonstrate the ethical dimension of EU foreign policy.

Can the EU Foster a Post-national European Identity by the Extension of European Constitutional Rights?

Alexander Michiel Kok • Jan 19 2012 • Essays

Constitutional patriotism carries several threats. It imperils the meaning of rights, making them too dogmatic or too universal. In the latter case it disconnects them from institutions, in the former it alienates those with a minority identity.

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