After the Cold War ended many people felt that there was a shift in the way that international relations occurred and that principles such as the security dilemma were no longer relevant.
The new security context presented by PMCs challenges the traditional Weberian concept of the state as the sole depository of legitimate violence.
When every single person in the world stops eating meat and turns to fruits, vegetables, and grains – developing countries will unite. Agricultural trade will take a drastic shift between industrialized and developing countries.
Climate change will impact population movement, with rising sea levels, droughts, desertification and flooding set to displace millions of people.
The evolution of the CSDP in the aftermath of the Saint Malo summit marks the starting point for the establishment of a shared security understanding of the EU member states.
The current re-balancing of the Asia-Pacific is being driven by the shifting nature of the power ratio between the US and China, and by definition an equilibrium will eventually arise.
Revisionism, by focusing on the U.S.’s use of offensive military capabilities to confront the Soviet Union’s increase in threat, offers the most telling explanation.
The Barnett formula, a widely used tool for determining public expenditure in Scotland in the past, is now used in devolved governments such as Wales.
Hunger is much more than just a physical bodily condition, and therefore food aid cannot be fully understood without a focus on hunger’s human aspects.
Hezbollah has demonstrated itself to be the greatest threat to the stability of post-war Lebanon. It acts outside state control and holds the populace hostage to its demands.
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