Creating A Terrorist: Evan Kohlmann v. Sami Osmakac
The expert report in the trial of Sami Osmakac is critically flawed and ultimately unfit to serve as testament to the defendant’s status as a “homegrown” terrorist.
An Ethical Dilemma: How Classical Realism Conceives Human Nature
Classical realism’s understanding of human nature renders an imperfect depiction of reality that fails to incorporate progress or metaphysical development.
Globalisation, Agency, Theory: A Critical Analysis of Marxism in Light of Brexit
Despite an increasing degree of economic integration, Marxist theory must consider geopolitical competition in the relationship between capitalism and the state system.
Game Theory and Disarmament: Thinking Beyond the Table
Disarmament can be facilitated through the creation of “disarmament bonds,” a strategy supported by the logic of game theory.
Critics of Liberal Peace: Are Hybridity & Local Turn Approaches More Effective?
Despite legitimate critiques of the liberal approach to peace, local and hybrid approaches have failed to present a compelling alternative to the present order.
Is “One Man’s Terrorist Another Man’s Freedom Fighter”?
Terrorists can, in certain theoretical cases, be considered freedom fighters through Just War Theory. However, it is doubtful this threshold is ever reached in practice.
Constraints On Rape As a Weapon of War: A Feminist and Post-Colonial Revision
Rape as a weapon of war is deeply constrained by mainstream IR analyses, so to re-conceptualize the concept feminist, post-colonial and decolonial theories are needed.
Incubators of Terror: Anatomising the Determinants of Domestic Terrorism
The presence of domestic terrorism in a state is linked to government strength and the territorial control of the terrorist organizations themselves.
Van Beersum Affair: The Right to Participate in the Parliament of the Streets
Because of the principle of territorial sovereignty, every sovereign state possesses the power to exclude non-citizens from participating in political affairs.
A Rules-Based System? Compliance and Obligation in International Law
This student essay draws on constructivist epistemology to explore the conditions of state compliance in international law.
