Regions

Examining the Dynamics of Decolonisation in Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth

Samuel Singler • May 3 2016 • Essays

Despite the centrality of violence to Fanon’s theses on decolonisation, he recognises the dangers, physical and psychological, of violence without a cause.

A Gendered Critique of the Role of Spectacular Violence in Al Qaeda

Madeleine Nyst • May 2 2016 • Essays

Al Qaeda’s construction of masculinity has given meaning to the use of spectacular violence as a tool for the restoration of a damaged sense of masculinity.

The Legality of Russian Airstrikes in Syria and ‘Intervention by Invitation’

Samuel Mercier • Apr 29 2016 • Essays

Examining the legality of Russia’s claim of ‘intervention by invitation’ & the validity of such a principle when a country fails to respect norms of international law.

Discrete Diplomacy: Oman and the Iran Nuclear Deal

Sumaya Almajdoub • Apr 25 2016 • Essays

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 Crime-Terror Nexus: Ideology’s Misleading Role in Islamist Terrorist Groups

Skye Riddell Roberts • Apr 23 2016 • Essays

The Salafist-Jihadist ideology in modern terrorist groups, such as ISIS and Al Qaeda, serves as a disguise for the criminal motivations of money, power, and status.

The Shadows of Tiananmen: Chinese Foreign Policy and Human Rights

Jessica Kirk • Apr 15 2016 • Essays

Since Tiananmen Square 1989, China’s understanding of the significant yet contingent power of human rights discourse has guided much of its foreign policy on the subject.

The Significance of the US War on Terror Policy for the Japan-US Relationship

Yuki Horiuchi • Apr 9 2016 • Essays

Japan’s participation in the War on Terror might have played an important role in making the Japan-U.S. relationship a global alliance.

Domestic Violence as Everyday Terrorism: Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

Dean Cooper-Cunningham • Apr 4 2016 • Essays

Seeing bride kidnapping and domestic violence as everyday terrorism unpacks the political nature of so-called “private” phenomena and how they reify patriarchal society.

US Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East in the 1950s

Samuel Boyd • Apr 2 2016 • Essays

Eisenhower showed caution in his application of policy, displaying a level of understanding that only the greatest feeling of importance towards the region could explain.

Arms Control and Cooperative Security: A Regional Perspective

Ling Guo • Mar 31 2016 • Essays

Cooperative security is a feasible concept in a regional and even a global context, but its success is in varying degrees of progress and is still in ambiguous standing.

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