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.
State Feminism and the Islamist-Secularist Binary: Women’s Rights in Tunisia
Contrary to the standard narratives promoted in the West, the coming to power of an Islamist party in Tunisia has not been detrimental to women’s rights.
Critical Theory Meets Arms Control
Applied to questions of arms control, critical approaches to International Relations provide the field with a necessary theoretical reevaluation.
Legal ‘Black Holes’ in Outer Space: The Regulation of Private Space Companies
Legal ambiguities regarding the status of private space companies in orbital space may reinforce Earth-bound wealth inequalities and US dominance in space.
How to Change the Story of the Pandemic with Daoist IR
Western perspectives on IR have framed COVID-19 as an invisible enemy to be defeated, but Daoist theory may change how we understand the pandemic.
The (Un)intended Effects of the United Nations on the Libyan Civil War Oil Economy
The United Nations crude oil commodity sanctions on all non-governmental actors had manifold consequences on the Libyan civil war oil economy.
The Construction and Implementation of Migration Practices in Europe and America
Securitisation theory offers a way to analyse how migrants are framed as security threats in America and Europe through rhetoric and practice.
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.
The Responsibility to Protect: A Disputed Matter
Interpreting sovereignty as a responsibility toward a state’s own citizens, not a tool for limitless power, mends R2P’s tension between sovereignty and human rights.
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.
