Non-State Actors / IGOs

Is Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” a Self-fulfilled Prophecy?

Clara Assumpção • Jan 29 2020 • Essays

Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations,” though fraught with polarizing opinions, still has relevance to contemporary policies and politics.

In Search of a European Strategy? From a Normative to a Pragmatic Approach

Luca Nicosia • Dec 3 2019 • Essays

Differences between the ESS and the EUGS are examined, illustrating challenges the EU expects to face and the long-term framework of the EU’s foreign and defence policy.

Buy Good, Do Good, Be Good? Ethical Consumption as Neoliberal Governmentality

Ruby Agatha Utting • Nov 24 2019 • Essays

Neoliberal capitalism is reproduced by discourse of ethical consumption as a global-corporate and individualised conflation of the economic and social spheres.

Res Publica Christiana Revisited: International Organization in the Middle Ages

Declan McClean • Oct 31 2019 • Essays

A re-examination of Bull’s international society shows how the Middle Ages, while lacking modern states, maintained international organisation with the Catholic Church.

Terrorism and the End of Western Hegemony: A Gramscian Perspective

Chloé LALA- -GUYARD • Oct 24 2019 • Essays

Terrorists’ organizations are counter-hegemonic strategy that pose a threat to US hegemony, and these non-state structures operate along the Gramscian model.

Analysis of the Reluctance of Male Congolese Victims of WSV to Seek Help

Nina Marie Roesler • Oct 21 2019 • Essays

The underrepresentation of male-directed wartime sexual violence and fixed notions of gender and heteronormativity contribute to the reluctance of victims to seek help.

Shaping the Transnational Capitalist Class: TNCs and the Global Economy

Chiara Reverdito • Oct 6 2019 • Essays

The trans-nationalisation of production has benefited and structurally shaped society through the creation of a Transnational Corporate Class in host countries.

Mitigating the Human Cost of Modern Conflict: Jus in Bello and Cyberattacks

Tory Igoe • Oct 5 2019 • Essays

Global governance mechanisms are inadequate to address cyberattacks outside armed conflict as these threats tend to exist in a ‘grey zone’ between peacetime and conflict.

Terrorism as Controversy: The Shifting Definition of Terrorism in State Politics

Ziyanda Stuurman • Sep 24 2019 • Essays

Political motives inform many definitions of terrorism, which are often irregularly applied, harming counter-terrorist initiatives.

Drones, Aid and Education: The Three Ways to Counter Terrorism

Seamus Ryan • Sep 23 2019 • Essays

Drones, aid and education can effectively combat terrorism, but only if they are deployed together and with the proper restrictions and considerations.

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