International Security

Private Military Companies: An Efficient Way of Meeting the Demand for Security?

Nikola Zadzorova • Sep 20 2015 • Essays

Despite the criticism and contested opinions on PMCs, particular examples have proven that they are an efficient way of meeting the demand for security.

The Iraq Invasion: the Neoconservative Perspective

Lewis Stott • Sep 17 2015 • Essays

With the Bush doctrine, neoconservatives sought to maintain American unipolar power, believing in the exceptionalism of the US and their benign role as global hegemon.

Was George W. Bush’s Foreign Policy Agenda Unprecedented in US history?

Paige Barclay • Sep 17 2015 • Essays

The Bush Administration’s national security doctrine after the September 11 attacks represents continuity with previous US foreign policy

The Impact of the “Unipolar Moment” on US Foreign Policies in the Mid-East

Yasemin Oezel • Sep 13 2015 • Essays

In analyzing US foreign policies in 2003 Iraq and comparing them to the civil war in Syria, America’s foreign policy has experienced a shift but it was never unipolar.

Military Intervention in Libya: The Renewal of the Tuareg’s Self-Determination

The case of the Tuareg is emblematic to understand the possible detrimental consequences of foreign military intervention.

A Bone in the Throat: An Analysis on the Origins of the Berlin Wall

Emily Tsui • Sep 6 2015 • Essays

The construction of the Berlin Wall was a product of the refugee crisis, challenges to the Khrushchev’s leadership, and the USSR’s failed diplomacy with the West.

Are India and China on a Collision Course of Maritime Strategies?

Andreas Fabian • Sep 6 2015 • Essays

The Chinese and Indian maritime strategies and their aspirations have disposed two powers into a collision course in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).

Assessing the Obama-Medvedev Reset in US-Russia Relations

Ilya Ulyanov • Sep 3 2015 • Essays

The U.S.-Russian relationship remains a selective partnership, where Moscow and Washington cooperate on some issues, because of common interests, and disagree on others.

The Global Commons: The Arctic and the Danger of a Sequel in Outer Space

George Sariak • Sep 1 2015 • Essays

Managing the global commons is a monumental task: the Arctic and outer space pose worsening problems, which can only be solved through global governance.

How Has the Human Rights Regime Been Affected by 9/11 and the ‘War on Terror’?

Vilde Skorpen Wikan • Aug 30 2015 • Essays

No evidence continues to exist that states’ prioritization of security interests over international norms has disrupted the institutions of the human rights regime.

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