Essays

US Disinvestment from European Security since the Cold War

Giovanni Pinelli • Apr 1 2012 • Essays

In the aftermath of the Cold War the world found itself confronting a new security environment, and this process of transformation produced very complex and ambiguous effects on the EU-US security relationship.

An Evaluation of Neoconservative Foreign Policy

David Sykes • Apr 1 2012 • Essays

Neoconservative foreign policy has a solid core of reasonable assumptions, but America’s attempts to put the neoconservative agenda into practice came at an enormous human and political cost.

SAPs and the Build up to the Rwandan Genocide

Thomas Hauschildt • Mar 31 2012 • Essays

It is evident that SAPs worsened the economic situation of Rwanda, and they had significant effects on the wider social and political environment.

Perpetuating Ancient Female Norms in South Asia

anon • Mar 30 2012 • Essays

In South Asia, the ongoing prevalence of violence against women is structurally associated with the region’s cultural incorporation of patriarchal norms.

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.

African PCCs and Economics

Neil Renic • Mar 28 2012 • Essays

Economic factors are central to the genesis, progression and resolution of African PCCs. Foreign states and aid agencies must respond with techniques that economically disincentivise combatants.

Have Oil Reserves in the Middle East Created Economic Modernisation and Political Stagnation?

Craig Jackson • Mar 28 2012 • Essays

Oil revenue alone cannot be blamed for political stagnation in the Middle East nor is it a guarantee of economic development. Attention must also be given to nature of a country’s government and how open it is.

The Six Day and Yom Kippur Wars in Historical Context

Harry Booty • Mar 27 2012 • Essays

The cataclysmic Arab-Israeli conflicts of 1967 and 1973 have in many ways defined today’s conflict. But, what were the main strategic and political consequences of these two wars?

Failed State or Failed Label? The concealing concept and the case of Somalia

Stian Eisentrager • Mar 27 2012 • Essays

The failed state label is catchy and works well in political propaganda, however the term is extremely value-laden and it is outrageously imprecise.

South-South Cooperation and Aid

Megan Pickup • Mar 26 2012 • Essays

Brazil, China, India, and South Africa represent some of the largest contributors overall in terms of emerging donors and are likely the highest contributors to the specific category of SSC.

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