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How Does Violence Against Women Manifest? The Case of Post-Conflict Afghanistan

Aug 18, 2016

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in Essays, Foreign Policy, Global Ethics, Identity Politics, International Security, Middle East, Regions

Structural violence helps explain oppression of women caused by conflict but a continuation of patriarchal customs & occidentalist/orientalist agendas also contributes.

The Zika Outbreak: A Public Health Challenge Highlighting Structural Power

Aug 14, 2016

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Sacha Blumen

in Essays, Foreign Policy, Global Ethics, International Law, International Security, International Theory, Latin America, Regions

The current outbreak of Zika virus disease, centred in Brazil, highlights the population-level fears that can arise in response to infectious disease pandemics.

Questioning the Inevitability of the Cold War

Aug 10, 2016

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anon

in Essays, Foreign Policy, International Security, International Theory

The Cold War was an avertable product of impulsive and unpredictable actions of instrumental individuals operating in accordance to their free will.

The Evolution of Russian Organised Crime and the Challenge to Democracy

Jul 31, 2016

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Jessica Xiao

in Asia/Pacific, Essays, Europe, Foreign Policy, International History, International Security, Non-State Actors / IGOs, Regions

The growth of Russian organised crime poses a huge threat to the development of democracy in the Russian state and other transitioning states around the globe.

How Can We Explain the Existence of Al-Qaeda?

Jul 31, 2016

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Mariya Grozdanova

in Essays, Foreign Policy, Identity Politics, International Security, Non-State Actors / IGOs, Terrorism and Crime

The emergence of Al-Qaeda is influenced by structural factors, but it cannot operate effectively in the longer term without its principle resource – its human capital.

Rethinking North Korea: Path toward Denuclearization and Stability in East Asia

Jul 31, 2016

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Shawn McFall

in Asia/Pacific, Essays, Foreign Policy, International Security

If the United States wants to see a change in North Korea behavior, the United States should pursue economic and diplomatic engagement to build an environment of trust.

Why Was Yugoslavia Expelled from Cominform?

Jul 24, 2016

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Matt Evans

in Essays, Europe, Foreign Policy, Identity Politics, International History, Regions

Questioning the orthodox view that Yugoslavia’s expulsion from Cominform was due to her diverging socialist ideals being irreconcilable with the Soviet Union’s agenda.

Revisiting the Neo-Neo Debate: NATO Involvement in the Refugee Crisis

Jul 18, 2016

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Michal Ovádek

in Essays, Europe, Foreign Policy, International Security, International Theory, Middle East, Non-State Actors / IGOs, Regions

Neorealism’s balance of threat framework and neoliberalism’s focus on issue linkages are still relevant tools to explain NATO’s current involvement in the refugee crisis.

Defending Europe Without an Army: The Potential of the Common Security Policy

Jul 15, 2016

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Alfred Roberts

in Essays, Europe, Foreign Policy, International Security

The European Common Security and Defence Policy has not led to popular support for a ‘European Army’, however it offers potential civilian forms of security.

Simmel’s Spatiality and the Construction of the National Sphere

Jul 15, 2016

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Charline Kopf

in Essays, Foreign Policy, International History, International Theory, Non-State Actors / IGOs

Simmel’s framework enables us to dismantle the process of territorialising national identity in inscribing it in space, thus drawing a difference between us and them.

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