Mexico’s Neoliberal Fix: U.S. Foreign Policy and the War on Drugs
Neoliberal policies of the 1980-90s in Mexico have triggered the explosion of violence caused by Drug Trafficking Organisations and that is, to this day, still present.
US-China Relations in Cyberspace: The Benefits and Limits of a Realist Analysis
Offensive realism provides a useful framework for considering the national security rivalry in cyberspace and illuminates the current security competition.
Can ‘Title X’ Improve Women and Young People’s Reproductive Health?
Reproductive health care policies, like Title X in the U.S., are controversial. Their ability to be effective has been constrained by opposition from various groups.
Agricultural Overproduction and the Deteriorating Environment
Overproducing food, while allowing for food security, also disrupt world markets as well as causes immense environmental damage to soil and water supplies.
Have Western Powers Lost the Art of Strategy?
‘Strategy’ is a concept Western powers have struggled to define throughout history, and never truly owned. The 2003 Iraq War was a clear embodiment of this struggle.
The US Invasion of Iraq: Marxist and Defensive Realist Perspectives
While Marxism attacks the United States for its greedy intentions in invading Iraq, defensive realism explains why it invaded due to its role as the global superpower.
The Myth of Soft Power in Asia
Soft power, unless blended appropriately with hard power, cannot insert influence in international relations and serve as an effective diplomatic tool.
Assessing the Relationship between Power and Morality in Nonviolent Action
Nonviolent action can simultaneously be pragmatic in its power to achieve the desired goal and principled by being rooted initially in morality.
Discrete Diplomacy: Oman and the Iran Nuclear Deal
Exploring Oman’s mediating role in facilitating the initial US-Iranian talks reveals how it can aid the US’s strategic goals in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East.
The Significance of the US War on Terror Policy for the Japan-US Relationship
Japan’s participation in the War on Terror might have played an important role in making the Japan-U.S. relationship a global alliance.
