Regions

The Legal and Social Condition of the Enslaved Population in Classical Athens

Jesús David Quintero Aleans • Jun 8 2014 • Essays

The normative principles of the Athenian urban constituency may have contained and funnelled the commercial, financial, and collective activities of the enslaved sectors.

The 1948 Genocide Convention as an ‘Increasingly Meaningless Document’?

Fleur Verbiest • Jun 5 2014 • Essays

The legal success of the Genocide Convention continues to re-establish the norm politically, albeit under misinterpretation and without effect of prevention.

The Impact of ‘Globalisation’ on the Arab Revolts

Nick Newsom • Jun 5 2014 • Essays

Globalisation not only exacerbated the structural conditions that elicited the Arab revolt, but allowed for local and global actors to shape the form of this resistance.

The Domestic and Ideational Sources of the European Defence Community’s Defeat

Ibrahim Gabr • Jun 4 2014 • Essays

Rather than a realist explanation for France’s defeat of its own EDC proposal, we must delve into the constructivist realm of identity and historical determinism.

Why Is a Small State Like Georgia Important for the USA, the EU and Russia?

Tamta Utiashvili • Jun 4 2014 • Essays

Newcomer Georgia became an arena of confrontation between the USA, the EU and Russia due to its geostrategic location, political developments and strategic orientation.

France’s Olive Branch Strategy and the 2011 Ivoirian Crisis

Susan Poni Lado • Jun 3 2014 • Essays

As Africa diversifies its external relations, France has acted under the abode of multilateral institutions in order to advance her geostrategic imperatives.

Iran 1978-1979: Reflections on Intelligence Failure

Adam Moscoe • May 30 2014 • Essays

The failure of the US intelligence community to predict the Islamic Revolution in Iran offers lessons that remain relevant today in the aftermath of the ‘Arab Spring’.

A Tale of Two Partitions: The First Indo-Pakistani War and the Palestine War

Christopher Klune • May 28 2014 • Essays

The potentiality of statehood provided by partition filled the nation building fervor of Hindus, Muslims, Arabs, and Jews.

The Weakening of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Phil Henderson • May 26 2014 • Essays

The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is at best a compromise for indigenous peoples, at worst an attempt by states to maintain structures of injustice.

Uneven and Combined Development & World Systems Analysis: A Combined Approach

Ueli Staeger • May 26 2014 • Essays

‘World-systems Analysis’ & ‘Uneven and Combined Development’ – when combined & further theorised – provide an illuminating approach to the global system’s functioning.

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