Allison’s Slow “Waltz” with Structure in Foreign Policy Analysis
Graham Allison’s Bureaucratic Politics model suggests that structure also operates within the framework of a sub-unit system, thus diminishing levels of agency.
Domestic Violence as Everyday Terrorism: Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan
Seeing bride kidnapping and domestic violence as everyday terrorism unpacks the political nature of so-called “private” phenomena and how they reify patriarchal society.
Is Human Security Part of the International Security Agenda?
Human security is falling short of the developmental, humanitarian impact that it had intended, despite being entrenched on the international security agenda.
Does a ‘Global Jihad’ Phenomena Exist?
Perhaps there is a ‘Global Jihad’, but not in the perverted form hijacked by political Islam as a kind of collective aggression against the West.
Revisiting Turkey’s Protean Self vs. ‘Other’
‘Ontological insecurity’ provides a more accurate analysis of Turkey’s Europeanization project as an alternative theoretical perspective to realism and constructivism.
Forgetting Politics: The Impossibility of Humanitarian Intervention
‘Humanitarian military intervention’ is critiqued as a de-politicizing discourse, with four proposals for re-politicization suggested.
The Significance of the ‘Human Security’ Paradigm in International Politics
The topic of human security is multifaceted and demands caution when analysed in different contexts.
The Conservative Party’s Success and the ‘One Nation’ Tradition
The ‘One Nation’ tradition helped the Conservative Party break ties with the past and place itself in the centre of British politics where most of the voters are.
Why Do We Need a Gender Analysis in International Political Economy?
A gender analysis demonstrates the centrality of the differential valorisation of the masculine and the feminine to the functioning of the global political economy.
Morgenthau’s Utilitarian Version of Realism
Morgenthau’s realist doctrine is neither amoral nor bellicose because it is informed by a set of utilitarian ethics which aim to prevent major conflict via lesser evils.
