Category: Foreign Policy
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How Has China Been Safeguarding Its Oil Imports from the Middle East and Africa?
Although oil is significant for Chinese economic development, the country’s ‘peaceful rise’ advocated as Chinese strategy of development should be called into question.
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Does Successful Diplomacy Rely on ‘Ripe Moments’?
Challenging the academic consensus, the discussion and application of ripeness theory to concrete cases demonstrates the deficiency of notions of ‘ripe moments’.
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The Importance of Neoconservatism Since 9/11 Has Been Much Overstated
9/11 didn’t change the world’s threats; it changed the perceptions of these threats, sparking a re-evaluation of U.S. national security policy.