Regions

Hamas and the Women’s Movement: Islamism and Feminism Under Occupation

Filipa Pestana • Jan 12 2016 • Essays

Hamas’ takeover of Gaza marked a shift in the complex process of preparation for national sovereignty, especially for the Palestinian women’s movement.

Explaining US Hegemony: A Neo-Gramscian Synthesis of Pantich, Gindin and Konings

Paul Diepenbrock • Jan 9 2016 • Essays

Transnational Historical Materialism, post-war reconstruction via the Bretton Woods System and the corporate-liberal paradigm help explain the persistence of US hegemony.

Intervention, Rectificatory Justice and Immigration: France and Ben Ali

Jakob Mckernan • Jan 8 2016 • Essays

Looking at the example of France and Tunisia, past interference in the political and social life of a country should be considered as a criteria of assessing immigration.

The Role of Civil Society in Shaping India’s Development Partnerships

Shagun Gupta • Jan 7 2016 • Essays

Given the potential it has to emerge as a leader in SSDC initiatives, it is important to evaluate the dynamics of cooperation and partnership in the Indian context.

The Racialisation of Rape Narratives in British Media Coverage of the Delhi Rape

Scarlett Cockerill • Jan 5 2016 • Essays

The symbolic and emotive potential of rape narratives has, throughout colonial and post-colonial history, been powerfully employed in connection with race.

Analyzing the Threat of Human Trafficking in Europe

Dale Anderson • Dec 29 2015 • Essays

Sweden’s Sex Purchase Act of 1999 has had the unintended consequence of organized crime groups finding a new path of least resistance in human trafficking

The EU’s Normative Nature and Its Sanction Regime Against Russia: An Oxymoron?

Leonard Schuette • Dec 29 2015 • Essays

Sanctions per se are not irreconcilable with normative behaviour, as they may perform the function of conveying a normative argument rather than merely coerce the other.

Snake Oil: US Foreign Policy, Afghanistan, and the Cold War

Vincent J. Tumminello II • Dec 27 2015 • Essays

Afghanistan has become a “snake country”: where loyalty can only be rented, solutions are always temporary, and the law of the stronger prevails.

The BRICS: Rhetoric or Reality?

Laura Peitz • Dec 22 2015 • Essays

The BRICs have been portrayed as a new paradigm threatening the contemporary liberal world order. Yet, there is also disagreement and competition between BRICs states.

How the Structure of Syrian Insurgent Groups Restrains Greater American Support

Peter Karuu Kirechu • Dec 22 2015 • Essays

The typology of Syrian rebel groups illuminates the obstacles to cooperative action, but also highlights the difficulties that might dominate the post-war Syrian state.

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