Pluralist Diplomatic Relations: COVID-19 & the English School’s International Society
The COVID-19 pandemic has subjected solidarist order to pluralist transformation by stripping international summits of their performative role in diplomacy.
On African Sources of Knowledge: Studies into the Instrumentality of Ubuntu for IR
Integrating the theoretical framework of the philosophy of “Ubuntu,” originating from South Africa, has the potential to be an instrumental force in IR.
Serenity for Sinjar: Resiliency and Reconciliation
After the 2014 ISIS Sinjar massacre, there is an unlikely, but possible, strategy of reconciliation and reconstruction for the marginalized Yazidi people of Iraq.
The Implications of Stabilisation Logic in UN Peacekeeping: The Context of MINUSMA
UN peacekeeping’s assimilation of counterterrorism rhetoric has incentivised self-interested European military contributions to the UN mission in Mali.
How Helpful is ‘Effective Altruism’ as an Approach to Increasing Global Justice?
Effective altruism fails to acknowledge the systemic nature of injustice and encourages the use of financial-based solutions, undermining efforts to tackle injustice.
Female Genital Cutting in Africa: The West and the Politics of ‘Empowerment’
Western models of empowerment bring only one dimension of gendered power and agency that are unlikely to have the same purchase in the Female Genital Cutting context.
The Securitization of Christianity under Xi Jinping
Through a securitization framework, it is argued Xi’s administration is attempting to present Christianity as an existential threat to national unity and social order.
The Changing Face of Military Assistance and Techniques of Informal Penetration
Case evidence from Colombia and Somalia shows how American military aid has negatively effected both conflict termination and de-escalatory objectives.
Remembering February 19, 1942: Japanese Americans and World War II
It is crucial to remember the painful experience of Japanese-American internment and incarceration during World War II to prevent future atrocities from occurring.
Global Covid-19 Responses Through a Critical Security Studies Perspective
The current COVID-19 response is dominated by traditional security notions of state-centrality which fail to understand the broad implications of the pandemic.
