Performative Violence: Conceptual and Strategic Implications
The causes and effects of performative violence are linked, and include intimidation, social and material control, social cohesion and communication, and structural violence.
Interwar Liberal Internationalism: Doomed to Fail?
The idea of good motives presents the most interesting critique of liberal internationalism, and can offer a path that appeases both realism and internationalism.
Does the R2P Doctrine Represent a Positive Step for Human Rights?
R2P, although a symbolic moral step for human rights, is not a sufficiently effective positive step, and is too militaristic in its approach.
The Deployment of Female Counterinsurgents in Afghanistan
Whilst the deployment of female engagement teams in Afghanistan may have signaled a symbolic change in how COIN is practiced, their existence plays only a supporting role.
The ICC: Progress Toward a More Just International Order?
While the ICC remains an important step in ending impunity for the worst crimes, its existence does not suffice to significantly change the justice of our international order.
Balance of Power Theory in Today’s International System
Even if accept the premise that the balance of power is less applicable to unipolarity than to multipolarity and bipolarity, this hardly affects its relevance to our world.
Terrorism: A Definition and Analysis
An agreed definition of terrorism is needed. This definition should consider state-actors, the wider targets, and desire for behavior-motivation that underlies its motives.
A Case-Study of Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt
Cultural relativism and universalism have yet to overcome cultural traditions which result in human harm. By balancing the two, there is potential for progress.
Why Do States Mostly Obey International Law?
To explain why states are compelled to justify their behaviour according to norms, the best approach is to interpret the issue as a process that considers all theories.
How ‘Westphalian’ is the Westphalian Model?
The accepted IR narrative of Westphalia is a myth: the Westphalian model has little, if anything, to do with the Peace of Westphalia from which the model gets its name.
