Essays

The Far-Right Sweden Democrats and the Construction of the Muslim Other

Christiaan Janssen • Jan 26 2023 • Essays

The Social Democrats in Sweden portray Muslims as a security threat to the Swedish identity by employing an ethnopluralist discourse.

How Does the Italian Mafia Affect Mixed Migration?

Carolina de Deus Pedreiro • Jan 16 2023 • Essays

The Italian mafia influences mixed migration by taking advantage of migrant vulnerability, increasing its influence and creating a domestic and global security threat.

Halakhah and Omnicide: Legality of Tactical Nuclear Weapons under Jewish Law

Jonah Brody • Jan 6 2023 • Essays

Tactical nuclear strike against an Iranian nuclear facility would not be permissible under Jewish law in any situation.

Modernities for ‘Alternatives to Development’: Vietnamese Colonial Modernity

Cara Peters • Jan 5 2023 • Essays

Post-development should open space in a previously colonised field for alternative ontologies on the nature of being and concepts of a good society.

Limits of Liberal Feminist Peacebuilding in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Francisca Martins Reina • Dec 21 2022 • Essays

Western support for the WPS agenda in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has fostered processes of ‘hybridisation’ and ‘NGOisation’ that depoliticise local women’s movements.

Suffering and Dependence: How Colonialist Discourse Denies African Statehood

Julian Izzo • Dec 16 2022 • Essays

To question decolonisation is to perpetuate the Hegelian notion of Africa’s historical immobility, and this can only be shed by the complete overthrow of the settler.

Did Oleg Gordievsky’s Espionage Hasten the End of the Cold War?

Arran Kennedy • Dec 7 2022 • Essays

Through shaping the West’s views of the USSR and in turn its response via the intelligence he provided, Gordievsky had a strategic impact on the end of the Cold War.

A Peaceful Resolution: Analysing Sustained Peace and Order in Mizoram

Priavi Joshi • Nov 26 2022 • Essays

Post insurgency, Mizoram provides a stark exception to the usually politically volatile and unstable post-conflict situations that do not maintain peace.

How Do Travel Vlogs Contribute to GDP’s Dominance in World Politics?

Talisha Schilder • Nov 25 2022 • Essays

Through their introduction, plot and characters, Western travel narratives in YouTube vlogs exoticize Gross National Happiness and normalise the GDP development paradigm.

Deterrence and Ambiguity: Motivations behind Israel’s Nuclear Strategy

Pieter Zhao • Nov 20 2022 • Essays

Israel’s policy of deliberate nuclear ambiguity enabled Israel and the United States to continue their crucial relationship and not raise Cold War tensions.

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