Regional and international missions must have adequate equipment, a strong mandate, and sufficient funds in order to have a chance at influencing conflict resolution in Africa.
Only the combined use of ontological, decisional and conjunctural approaches can provide an adequate, multi-layered explanation for why the Soviet Union collapsed.
Illegal Chinese fishing in the Yellow Sea is a long-standing source of tension between China and both Koreas. Systemic trilateral cooperation is the most viable solution.
Though not without limitations, social constructivism remains one of the most useful theories in examining the Arab Spring as a response to social forces and a globalization of norms.
After the demise of the USSR, Russia struggled to reshape its identity and was unable to accept the new independent states in its neighbourhood, influencing its distinct foreign policy.
Realism, taking states as rationally acting units of analysis, fails to adequately account for US foreign policy toward Latin America after the Cuban Revolution in 1959.
The definition of security has expanded significantly. Now under the remit of security are issues beyond territorial conflicts and inter-state aggression.
Due to the changing character of war, conventional military superiority is no longer the deciding force in conflict making the US vulnerable when facing asymmetric threats.
Given the apparent demise of the liberal hegemonic order, the US should fuse offshore balancing and liberal internationalism grand strategies to maintain a ‘first among equals’ global position.
Sub-Saharan Africa is locked in an FDI paradox that prevents it from funding its own development, a problem for which international financial institutions bear much responsibility.
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