Regions

Liberal Democracies and Their Faulty Response to Terrorism

Emma van den Aakster • Jul 13 2020 • Essays

Both the American and French governments have responded to terrorist attacks in ways that threaten liberal democratic society.

Constructing a Narrative: Ontological Security in the Scottish Nation (State)

Alice Creighton • Jul 10 2020 • Essays

This autoethnographic essay explores how myth-making in the Scottish education curriculum contributes to a rise in Scottish identity of young people.

Racism and the Politics of Fear at the US-Mexico Border

Futoon Al Mahruqi • Jul 8 2020 • Essays

Security discourse that constructs migrants as existential threats to the American national identity reinforces racism, abuse of power, and the politics of fear.

Protecting the Defenders: Exploring the Role of Global Corporations and Treaties

Ian Granit • Jul 8 2020 • Essays

Influenced by corporations, human rights abuses against Latin American environmental defenders are some of the worst in the world. International law offers a solution.

A Critical Analysis of Libya’s State-Building Challenges Post-Revolution

Jasheil Athalia • Jul 7 2020 • Essays

Libya’s security dilemma is tied to the challenges of state-building and democratisation processes reflected through its weak institutions and legitimacy issues.

Evaluating Russia’s Grand Strategy in Ukraine

Christopher Friend • Jul 6 2020 • Essays

Russia’s grand strategy toward Ukraine helps achieve the state’s goals of regional hegemony, economic prosperity, and improved world power dynamics.

“The Crime He Committed Was to Steal a Cow”: Moral Luck and Gacaca

Maxfield Hancock • Jul 6 2020 • Essays

By rewarding confession and promoting reintegration, the Rwandan justice program Gacaca was marked by a permissive attitude toward individual moral responsibility.

The Importance of Language in Transatlantic Relations: The INF Treaty

Sara Benkirane • Jul 5 2020 • Essays

Language was crucial both in the making of the INF Treaty in 1987, and in the Treaty’s unmaking in 2019.

Are We Entering an “Asian Century?”: The Possibility of a New International Order

Keita Kawakita • Jul 4 2020 • Essays

Both Asia’s internal political problems and America’s structural advantages prevent the “Asian Century” from becoming a political reality.

The Great Lockdown vs. The Great Depression and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis

Akshat Sogani • Jul 2 2020 • Essays

Compared to the Great Depression and the 2008 Financial Crisis, the impact of the current economic crisis has been much hastier, more entrenched and very immediate.

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