International Security

Do Revolutions Lead to Greater Security or Insecurity?

Lin Alexandra Mortensgaard • Mar 12 2015 • Essays

Whether revolutions result in greater security or insecurity is entirely dependent on whose security is being discussed.

One War, Many Reasons: The US Invasion of Iraq

Markus Nikolas Heinrich • Mar 9 2015 • Essays

The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 was the culmination of a long series of events and the product of many complex, different, and yet interrelated factors.

Assessing the British Counter-Insurgency Effort in Malaya

James Flint • Feb 11 2015 • Essays

Attempts to compare Malaya with other counterinsurgency campaigns such as the Vietnam War or Afghanistan War are limited in value and risk dangerous over-simplifications

Has the EU become an Effective Crisis Manager?

Ralph Rogobete • Feb 9 2015 • Essays

The Central Security and Defence Policy attempted to centralise the decision-making process on foreign policy for E.U. members, but a more unified Union is essential.

Analysing NATO’s Role in Afghanistan

Jonjo Robb • Feb 8 2015 • Essays

Throughout its endeavour, NATO has faced many key challenges in its crisis management operation in Afghanistan.

Adaptation, Mitigation and the Securitization of Climate Change

Elizabeth Feeney • Feb 6 2015 • Essays

Environmental changes make the rethinking of security unavoidable. An international effort is necessary to develop a framework of adaptation and mitigation practices.

The State of Deception & The Time Bomb: Evaluating Torture as Counter-Terrorism

Charles Andrew Woodward • Jan 29 2015 • Essays

In a ‘state of exception’, where it is vital to maintain national security, liberal governments do not suspend the rule of law but rather legally circumvent it.

Should Fiat Money be Replaced with Virtual Currencies?

Amir Reza Malekzadeh • Jan 13 2015 • Essays

Any advantages that a virtual currency like Bitcoin has over fiat money may be short-lived, as states will subject it to regulations that will erode its competitive edge.

Aiming from a Distance: The Implications of the Use of Drones for Security

Ana Carolina Sarmento • Dec 28 2014 • Essays

Shaw’s risk-transfer theory and Der Derian’s conceptualization of virtuous war allow an in-depth understanding of the deployment of drones in the War on Terror.

A Constructivist Approach to China’s Aircraft Carrier Ambitions

Frederick Melling • Dec 28 2014 • Essays

The symbolic power of the aircraft carrier was key to China’s public demand to develop aircraft capabilities and reflective of desires to achieve world power prestige.

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