Cognitive and Ethical Implications of the Drone as an Agential Actor in War
Drones reshape our ethical reasoning. They have a formative effect on the pilot’s cognition and the legal and moral frameworks the individual is situated within.
Beyond Eurocentrism: International Development and the Success/Failure Binary
Development theory requires a shift to a self-reflexive, decolonial approach to avoid reproducing the Eurocentric biases inherent in the Success/Failure binary.
The Politics of Endurance: Sanctions Resilience in Cuba and Iran
Regimes in Cuba and Iran have sustained sanctions resilience through economic reforms, including neoliberal policies, and ideologically driven nationalist discourses of resistance.
Beyond Apocalypse: Securitization and Exceptionalism in Environmental Politics
The securitization of environmental crises rarely results in extraordinary political measures due to the risks associated with mobilising such actions.
Iceland and the Vatican City: Small State Agency in International Politics
Social structures do not always permit small states to exert agency, but they can do so at times by exercising compulsory, institutional, structural, or productive power.
Explaining Chinese Inaction in the Red Sea Crisis: A Foreign Policy Analysis
China’s policy stems from its rivalry with the US and desire to act as an independent mediator in the Middle East, as well as Xi’s operational code and public opinion.
A Decade of Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Motivations and India’s Suspicions
The divide stems from China and India’s respective national interests: China seeks greater global influence, while India deems BRI a looming threat to its sovereignty.
Between Hegemony and Harmony: Unpacking Russia’s Dual Strategy in the Arctic
Incorporating a Constructivist lens and examining Strategic Culture is more useful in understanding Russia’s dual approach in the Arctic.
Feminist Approaches to International Relations: ‘Good Girls’ Only?
Feminist approaches in IR reveal a division between positivist ‘good girl’ theories and post-positivist ‘bad girl’ theories, with the former dominating global IR.
Everyday Insecurity in Gaza: Experiencing Blockade, Displacement and Panopticism
Violence in both war and colonialism occurs in everyday administration via persistent technologies and the slow violence of caloric, infrastructural, and spatial control.
