Is “One Man’s Terrorist Another Man’s Freedom Fighter”?
Terrorists can, in certain theoretical cases, be considered freedom fighters through Just War Theory. However, it is doubtful this threshold is ever reached in practice.
The UN Failure in Yugoslavia: Lessons from Canadian Peacekeeping
Canada’s inability to improve UNPROFOR operations in Yugoslavia resulted from an interaction between an inconsistent foreign policy and a changed international system.
UN Intervention: Help or Hindrance in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
The UN’s attempts to maintain the peace process in eastern Congo proved mainly ineffective because it failed to identify and engage with key spoilers.
Climate Change and Mental Health: An Unlikely Duo
Mental illness should be included as a critical issue in discussions of human security and global climate change.
Incubators of Terror: Anatomising the Determinants of Domestic Terrorism
The presence of domestic terrorism in a state is linked to government strength and the territorial control of the terrorist organizations themselves.
Conflicts over the Mismanagement of Water: A Refutation of Conventional Wisdom
The real issue around water basin is not the scarcity of water per se, but the fact that institutions are unable to commit to a fair distribution of this resource.
Weaponized Artificial Intelligence & Stagnation in the CCW: A North-South Divide
The stagnation of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons stems from the discrepancy in technological development between the Global North and Global South.
Is Humanitarianism Merely a New Name for Old Forms of Violence and Domination?
While humanitarianism has been undermined by political and state interests, positive elements of the core idea still exist and should not be overlooked.
The Implicit Imperialism of Democratic Peace
The idea that democratization is the path to peace rose with liberal victory after the Cold War, but this lacked major empirical backing or a tested peacebuilding model.
Mapping the Nexus Between Security and Development in the 21st Century
While a mutually constitutive nexus between the fields of security and development exists, the relationship’s content remains ill-defined and unclear.
