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The liberal assumption that high levels of trade and investment between two states like the US and China will make war unlikely, if not impossible, is overly simplistic.

The Nakba, The Holocaust and Collective Victimhood

Jan 9, 2017

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Uygar Baspehlivan

in Essays, Foreign Policy, Identity Politics, International History, International Theory, Middle East, Regions

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is perpetuated by culturally and socially embedded discourses of victimhood that are existent in both countries’ narratives.

When to Hire a Hitman: A Theoretical Framework for Just Assassination

Dec 5, 2016

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Heather Van Hull

in Essays, Foreign Policy, Global Ethics, International Security, International Theory

With the exponential rise of civilian casualties in modern warfare, political assassination could serve as an effective, more ‘humane’ means of humanitarian intervention.

Terrorism and the PLO: The Effectiveness of Terrorism as a Political Tool

Dec 5, 2016

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Sarah Gilmour

in Essays, Foreign Policy, International Security, Middle East, Regions

The example of the PLO’s terrorist campaign against Israel demonstrates that terrorism is unlikely to be an effective tool to achieve political goals.

China’s Cooperation on the Mekong River in the Realm of Complex Interdependence

Dec 4, 2016

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Max Neugebauer

in Asia/Pacific, Climate & Environment, Essays, Foreign Policy, International Law, International Theory, Political Economy, Regions

As the most important and powerful upstream country in Asia, China becomes imperative to any cooperation on water-related issues.

Are Pre-Second World War Writings on International Politics Still Relevant?

Dec 3, 2016

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Flamur Krasniqi

in Essays, Europe, Foreign Policy, International History, International Law, International Theory

The Twenty Years’ Crisis by E.H. Carr and The Three Guineas by Woolf are considered seminal texts in the study of IR, yet their relevance to the present is in question.

Can Liberal Democracies Address Transnational Environmental Problems?

Nov 24, 2016

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Oana Forestier

in Climate & Environment, Essays, Foreign Policy, Global Ethics, International Theory

Liberal-democratic systems will not be capable of addressing contemporary transnational environmental problems unless significant reforms are undertaken.

Dependency Theory: A Useful Tool for Analyzing Global Inequalities Today?

Nov 23, 2016

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Elisabeth Farny

in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Essays, Europe, Foreign Policy, International History, International Theory, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Political Economy, Regions, Research Methods

Several thoughts and concepts from the dependency approach are still applicable for making sense of global inequalities in today’s globalized world.

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