The Importance of Language in Transatlantic Relations: The INF Treaty
Language was crucial both in the making of the INF Treaty in 1987, and in the Treaty’s unmaking in 2019.
Are We Entering an “Asian Century?”: The Possibility of a New International Order
Both Asia’s internal political problems and America’s structural advantages prevent the “Asian Century” from becoming a political reality.
The Protection Paradox: Why Security’s Focus on the State Is Not Enough
Feminist security studies explore the need to reconceptualize security away from its realist origins and towards a more individual-focused discipline.
The Barriers and Weaknesses of Kofi Annan’s Mediation Efforts in Syria
Despite the failure of the former UN Secretary-General’s efforts in Syria, his work acts as a timeless basis for understanding how mediation efforts can fail.
Private Military Companies and Sacrifice: Reshaping State Sovereignty
The use of private military companies by states fundamentally alters a crucial tenant of sovereign power during war with regard to national sacrifice.
Liberal Peace and Its Crisis: The Revival of Authoritarianism
Only a renewed commitment to liberal peace can prevent authoritarian states from enforcing a new paradigm of illiberal peace.
ISIS, Radicalization and the Gendered Online Jihad
Female foreign recruits to ISIS are an important, though often-ignored, part of the organization. All ISIS recruits contribute to state-building in gendered ways.
Is There a Right to Secession in International Law?
There is minimal and conflicting evidence in regard to the application of the right to remedial secession in practice, requiring consolidation from the ICJ.
Problematic Positivism: A Post-structural Critique of Power under Neorealism
Post-structuralism’s understanding of power, intertwined with knowledge, successfully challenges neorealism’s dominant, but strictly positivist, perspective.
Gilpinian Realism and Peaceful Change: The Coming Sino-American Power Transition
Despite predictions of a future Sino-American war due to China’s rise to power, the US could and should retrench—as it is imperially overstretched—to avoid conflict.
