The Legal and Social Condition of the Enslaved Population in Classical Athens
The normative principles of the Athenian urban constituency may have contained and funnelled the commercial, financial, and collective activities of the enslaved sectors.
Should we Rebuild ‘Failed States’ or ‘Let Them Fail’?
The practice of rebuilding ‘failed’ or ‘failing’ states is ethically problematic. It overlooks human security and is too focused on Western institutional standards.
What are the Challenges Facing Global Energy Governance?
While global energy governance is fragmented, the international community is striving for more cooperation with emerging consumer economies and producing economies.
The 1948 Genocide Convention as an ‘Increasingly Meaningless Document’?
The legal success of the Genocide Convention continues to re-establish the norm politically, albeit under misinterpretation and without effect of prevention.
The Impact of ‘Globalisation’ on the Arab Revolts
Globalisation not only exacerbated the structural conditions that elicited the Arab revolt, but allowed for local and global actors to shape the form of this resistance.
Questions of Gender and International Relations
Conventional theories of IR have not taken gender into account. This is in part due to a state-centric focus and an exclusive conception of gender in the field.
The Domestic and Ideational Sources of the European Defence Community’s Defeat
Rather than a realist explanation for France’s defeat of its own EDC proposal, we must delve into the constructivist realm of identity and historical determinism.
Why Is a Small State Like Georgia Important for the USA, the EU and Russia?
Newcomer Georgia became an arena of confrontation between the USA, the EU and Russia due to its geostrategic location, political developments and strategic orientation.
France’s Olive Branch Strategy and the 2011 Ivoirian Crisis
As Africa diversifies its external relations, France has acted under the abode of multilateral institutions in order to advance her geostrategic imperatives.
Iran 1978-1979: Reflections on Intelligence Failure
The failure of the US intelligence community to predict the Islamic Revolution in Iran offers lessons that remain relevant today in the aftermath of the ‘Arab Spring’.
