Land, Climate, and Conflict: Unravelling the Nexus in Sudan, Syria, and Morocco
Climate change acts as a threat multiplier, contributing to conflict only where weak land tenure governance amplifies drought-induced social and political stresses.
De Facto Diplomacy: Taiwan’s Quest for Ontological Security in Somaliland
Bilateral ties between Taiwan and Somaliland strengthen each state’s identity and ontological security through strategic narrative engagement.
Does the ICC Work? Legal Innovation and Political Constraints in Global Justice
The ICC has advanced international law, but its enforcement remains constrained by geopolitics, reflecting the power imbalances it seeks to correct.
Desh, Bidesh and Fractured Dreams: Bangladeshi Labor Migrants in the GCC
Gender, class, and race intersect to shape poor, low-skilled Bangladeshi migrants’ experience, commodifying migrant labor and in turn (re)producing global inequalities.
Crisis of Secrecy: The Weaponisation of Ambiguity in Covert Action
Exploiting the erosion of plausible deniability, Russia leverages ambiguity and exposure to intensify confusion in adversaries and expand its influence.
Strategic Trade Between Divergent Economies: The Korea-Singapore FTA
Strategic institutional flexibility, elite agency, and sectoral alignment enabled convergence between chaebol-driven South Korea and Singapore’s state-led technocracy.
Woman at War: Female Combatant Participation in the PYD and ISIS
Strategic and organizational considerations play a more decisive role in shaping women’s combat participation in violent political groups.
Bodies of Resistance: Visibilising Women’s Lives Under Romania’s Abortion Ban
Through memory work and visceral imagery, feminist accounts memorialize women as victims and dissidents, yet they invertedly recenter male voice and reinforce patriarchy.
EUCAP Nestor and EUFOR Chad/CAR: The EU’s Role as a Global Security Actor
From 2008 to 2014, EU security operations in Africa revealed a clash between human security principles and members’ national interests, undermining the EU’s global role.
Hybrid Threats and the Evolution of Russian Sabotage
Present-day Russian sabotage mirrors Soviet-era doctrine of escalation and target selection but harnesses cyber-enabled technologies and emerging Western vulnerabilities.
