North America

America the Beautiful, or the Exclusive? The Other in US Nature Conservation

Lea Wowra • Sep 21 2023 • Essays

Despite its goals to re-envision nature conservation and to make it more inclusive, the AtB campaign keeps marginalising and silencing Indigenous peoples in the US.

Trump‘24 or Before: Militias and the Marketplace of Masculinity

Bailey Galicia • Sep 6 2023 • Essays

Masculinity as an antidote to insecurity may result in militia members taking rallying cries like “Trump ‘24 or Before” literally and further perpetrating violence.

A Lineage of White Insurgency: US Capitol Attack and the Lost Cause

Riley Martinez • Jun 23 2023 • Essays

The insurrection attempt cannot be understood without considering America’s history of White supremacy, particularly the Lost Cause of the Confederacy narrative.

From Deployment to Withdrawal: The C-17 Transport Plane in the Afghanistan War

Aineias Engstrom • Jun 6 2023 • Essays

Whose security the C-17 promoted or endangered varied, depending on U.S. political objectives and other components of the war’s security assemblage.

Jazz Diplomacy Paradox: Jazz Within The Maelstrom of Cold War Politics

Mauro ter Heyne • May 27 2023 • Essays

During the Cold War, the US promoted Jazz music as part of an international cultural campaign despite its racial segregation at home.

Nirbhaya, #MeToo & Orientalism in Transnational Gender Politics

Poorvika Mehra • May 18 2023 • Essays

The propagation of neo-colonial Oriental epistemes detracts from ‘mainstream’ feminism aims by generating a cultural divide between East and West.

China’s Take on Changing Global Space Governance: A Moral Realist Argument

Lea Marlene Korb • Apr 23 2023 • Essays

China aims to reposition itself within and change the current system of global space governance by increasing its strategic credibility through moral conduct in space.

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.

Applying Transitional Justice Frameworks to the United States after Covid-19

Katie Coyle • Oct 29 2022 • Essays

The US should lead by example and pinpoint the institutional issues that contributed to, and culminated in, over a million dead citizens and potentially prevent a similar disaster from occurring again.

The Dangerous Double Game: The Coexistence of Nuclear Weapons and Human Rights

Nathalie Balabhadra • May 30 2022 • Essays

Nuclear weapons and human rights coexist in the form of a double game. Commitments to both differ across states, but security is often given precedence over rights.

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