International Theory

A Human Security Approach to Addressing Piracy Off the Coast of Africa

Allan McRae • Mar 25 2014 • Essays

A naval approach to Somali piracy is & will continue to be ineffective – it doesn’t address its root causes. Piracy will continue without a human security approach.

Is Learning Violent?

Lucile Cremier • Mar 25 2014 • Essays

Schooling, which is the institutionalization of learning, is structurally and instrinsically violent, but learning itself need not be a violent or oppressive process.

What Does it Mean to ‘Engender’ the Study of Borders?

Heena Mohammed • Mar 25 2014 • Essays

By engendering border studies, we can better recognise the impact of gender on status, access to resources, political participation and the formation of state policies.

Who Might be ‘Othered’ in Today’s Development Debates?

Hannah Eastwood • Mar 22 2014 • Essays

The postcolonial concept of the ‘Other’ puts power in binary terms & disempowers woman – women & policymakers should abandon the concept but retain cultural sensitivity.

Immanent Critiques in International Relations

Maximilian Curtis • Mar 19 2014 • Essays

Immanent critiques refocus the epistemological assumptions of orthodox IR theories, providing greater scope for critical theory to broaden analysis at the systemic level.

Is Sex Work an Expression of Women’s Choice and Agency?

Sophia Gore • Mar 14 2014 • Essays

Sex work is not legitimate work or an expression of agency. It is a social issue which can be tackled through delegitimising consumers rather than alienating prostitutes.

Capitalism & Insecurity: How Promoting Western Values Fails to Create Peace

Rusu Mihai Alin • Mar 13 2014 • Essays

The spread of capitalism in globalisation does not spread nor create peace, but rather, creates the conditions in which conflicts, exploitation and insecurities arise.

Bull’s Critique of Hobbesian International Anarchy

Sarah Wallace • Mar 11 2014 • Essays

Hedley Bull’s critique and utilisation of Hobbes’ theory of international anarchy provides a coherent and realistic explanation of the international system.

The International System as Social Construct

Tim Pfefferle • Mar 6 2014 • Essays

In contrast to Neorealist framings, there are clear indications that intersubjective meanings and social identities shape the international system in multiple ways.

John Mearsheimer’s Theory of Offensive Realism and the Rise of China

Sverrir Steinsson • Mar 6 2014 • Essays

Lacking internal coherence, Mearsheimer’s theory ultimately fails to provide a logically consistent basis for the view that China’s rise will be unpeaceful.

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