Europe

Patterns of Migration in Central and Eastern Europe

Sashenka Lleshaj • Sep 18 2013 • Essays

Immigration into Central and Eastern Europe has become mainly economically motivated, while migration out of this region is for reasons more economically, culturally and socially diverse.

Deconstructing the Clash of Civilizations in the Netherlands

Leonardo Quattrucci • Aug 29 2013 • Essays

When deconstructing the clash through the security theory, economic and social factors are crucial triggers of hostilities between Islamic minorities and Dutch/Western nativists.

To What Extent Does the ‘Working Class’ Identity in Russia and Eastern Europe Exist Today?

Sashenka Lleshaj • Aug 28 2013 • Essays

Because workers do not have the same positions, cannot develop their similar interests, and lack a representative of their class, the post-socialist period lacks a working class.

The Securitisation of the Border – Are We Really Protected?

Amy Garry • Aug 20 2013 • Essays

While common to see security focus on the protection and integrity of a sovereign territory, this essay argues rather that securitisation creates a society of exclusions and insecurity.

The Nuremberg Trial: A Beautiful Idea Murdered by Ugly Facts?

Clare Santry • Aug 19 2013 • Essays

Based on different individual interests, politics, and history, the Nuremberg Trial cannot be simply seen as a beautiful idea but rather a mixture of ugly facts and practicalities.

The Need for a New European Union Energy Policy

Sebastian Mang • Aug 16 2013 • Essays

The European Union faces important energy security challenges and needs a comprehensive external energy policy which includes not only market-based but also geopolitical elements.

Machiavelli: A Proto-Pluralist?

Emil Panzaru • Aug 16 2013 • Essays

Having a negative view of human nature, emphasizing the autonomy of politics, and seeing morality as a useful image for the politician, Machiavelli is a forerunner of political realism.

Legitimising Force: The Moral and Legal Ramifications of Humanitarian Intervention

James Whitehead • Aug 13 2013 • Essays

Balancing theory with practice: the success or failure to protect human lives is contingent on the need to solidify a unanimous consensus on intervention among members of the UN.

Is Today’s Far Right in Western Europe a Threat to Democracy?

James Barnes • Aug 9 2013 • Essays

The ascension of the far-right has, indeed, given the neo-liberal western democracies of Europe a stark wake-up call, with radical street movements becoming steadily more popular.

Conscription of Child Soldiers: Their Own Volition?

Emilia Dungel • Aug 8 2013 • Essays

Because children play an important role in armed conflict, the question remains whether children conscript by their free will, by an overpowering adult, or by social conditions.

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