When to Hire a Hitman: A Theoretical Framework for Just Assassination
With the exponential rise of civilian casualties in modern warfare, political assassination could serve as an effective, more ‘humane’ means of humanitarian intervention.
China’s Cooperation on the Mekong River in the Realm of Complex Interdependence
As the most important and powerful upstream country in Asia, China becomes imperative to any cooperation on water-related issues.
Are Pre-Second World War Writings on International Politics Still Relevant?
The Twenty Years’ Crisis by E.H. Carr and The Three Guineas by Woolf are considered seminal texts in the study of IR, yet their relevance to the present is in question.
Can Liberal Democracies Address Transnational Environmental Problems?
Liberal-democratic systems will not be capable of addressing contemporary transnational environmental problems unless significant reforms are undertaken.
Dependency Theory: A Useful Tool for Analyzing Global Inequalities Today?
Several thoughts and concepts from the dependency approach are still applicable for making sense of global inequalities in today’s globalized world.
The Rational Actor Assumption in Structural Realism
While rationality is widely mentioned in the works of neorealist scholars, structural realists have different understandings of the concept.
Kunarac: Defining Rape under International Criminal Law
The Kunarac case represented the international community’s willingness to recognise women’s vulnerability to mass atrocities.
A Theoretical Analysis of Russian Foreign Policy: Changes Under Vladimir Putin
Russian foreign policy is largely influenced by Putin’s desire to remain in power and the need to contain domestic restructurings through securing domestic support.
Limited Science and Persistent Philosophy: The Neopositivist Turn in IR
IR sits uncomfortably between social sciences and the arts, and efforts to define its methodology as either a science or a philosophy have also proved challenging.
Truth Commissions and the Mental Health of Victims
Testifying before truth-telling mechanisms, such as truth commissions and gacaca, can cause psychological harm to the participants.
