Heroic Narratives Surrounding Humanitarian Intervention
Heroic narratives, through their use of language in particular, intentionally obscure the resort to force that is used during humanitarian military interventions.
Was British Decolonization after 1945 a Voluntary Process?
Britain often had little choice but to concede that the constitutional independence of its dependencies was inescapable.
Ukraine Conflict: The Final Push For Peace
The Minsk Protocols have gradually paved the road toward peace, but serious problems remain both in the formulation and implementation of the agreement.
Without a True European Identity, Can the EU Ever Be Legitimate?
Since its inception the legitimacy of the European integration project has been questioned; a true European identity is needed to legitimise the EU.
Providing Security? Border Control and the Politics of Migration in the EU
Depicting how certain assumptions are constructed, constructivism is useful to unveil that the security threat of migration is socially produced.
Australian, British, and US Approaches to Countering Islamic Extremists
By comparing and analysing the counter-radicalisation strategies of the three countries, disparate approaches are revealed that all contain some degree of effectiveness.
Friendship and International Relations
Although states can construct meaningful bonds between each other, these are better conceptualised as partnerships, not friendships. State relations are not friendships.
A Poststructuralist Perspective on R2P as a Response to Kofi Annan’s Question
Addressing Kofi Annan’s question in traditional Liberal terms is but one way, of many, to phrase the Responsibility to Protect debate.
Mapping Postcolonial Ireland: The Political Geography of Friel’s ‘Translations’
Geographical knowledge can be politicized, such that maps are techniques of power, representing a manipulated and politically-charged discourse about the world.
Europe as a Normative Power on Climate Change? The EU’s Engagement with China
By examining the European Union’s engagement with China on climate change, the EU could arguably be a credible normative power on climate change policy.
