Category: International Security
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Nuclear Brinkmanship in Russia Today: A Strategic Narrative Analysis
RT portrays the international system as a new Cold War system with a nuclear face-off between two superpowers and Russia as facing nuclear threats from Ukraine and NATO.
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Emerging and Disruptive Technologies: New Weapons in the Making?
The discourse surrounding the military adoption of EDTs and its etymological implications highlight how the topic seems to generate more insecurity than security.
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Artificial Influence: Exploring AI’s Impact on Political and Social Realities
The spread of disinformation campaigns challenges the integrity of public discourse, democratic processes, and social harmony.
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Cuban Intelligence after the Cold War: A Case Study in Adaptation and Influence
Cuban intelligence adeptly evolved post-Cold War by prioritizing information acquisition and alliances to safeguard its national interests.
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Do Coups d’État Influence Peace Negotiations During Civil War?
The Sudanese Civil War shows that mechanisms by which coups come to resemble ‘peace-inducing shocks’ are easily interrupted by ‘spoilers’ who oppose the terms of peace.
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How Did Russia Use Anti-Western Narratives To Justify Intervening In Syria?
Russian narratives on Syria to justify military intervention are anti-Western, and comprise claims to legitimate counterterrorism and adherence to international law.
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From 9/11 to Humanise Palestine: Investigating the Terror of Grievability
Reproduced violence in videos and images registers an order of grievability that fails to recognise the value of lives in the Middle East as lives.
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The Stopping Power of Water: An Outdated Concept?
The oceans do not pose nearly as large of an obstacle to a regional hegemon attempting to venture further outwards as they have in the past.
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The Origins of Regionalism in the EU and ASEAN
Both convergence and divergence in the extra- and intra-regional security dynamics shaped the emergence/deepening of the Cold War-era EU and ASEAN.