International Theory

Can and Should Human Rights Be Universal?

Matthew Lower • Dec 1 2013 • Essays

If the international community maintains a positive role and domestic pushes for human rights are legitimised by international law, they could yet become universal.

Postcolonialism, Power, and ‘the Poor’: What Will Eliminate Global Poverty?

Marc Woons • Nov 26 2013 • Essays

Broad development remains elusive because it fails to challenge the rules of the ‘game’ enforced by neoliberal interests which cannot accommodate more adequate definitions of poverty.

Did the Great Debates Really Take Place?

Peera Charoenvattananukul • Nov 24 2013 • Essays

Although they have been glossed over by certain myths and readjustments, the Three Great Debates did in fact take place and should not be academically dismissed.

Ethical Compromise Between IR Actors

Paul Winter • Nov 20 2013 • Essays

The ethical theories of Margalit and Sen, who use deontological and capabilities approaches, shed light on the understudied phenomenon of ethical compromise in international affairs.

To What Extent Are Realists Too Pessimistic For The Prospects For Peace?

Charlotte Lecomte • Nov 17 2013 • Essays

Realists do have a more pessimistic approach to the study of international relations than liberal internationalists, but should not be denounced as being overwhelmingly bitter about it.

Comparative Analysis Within Political Science

Alexander Stafford • Nov 14 2013 • Essays

Comparative Analysis in analysing two or more countries has steadily increased in popularity, and can be regarded as essential to understanding modern day political and IR theory.

Does Globalization Diminish the Importance of Nationalism?

Tammam O. Abdulsattar • Nov 14 2013 • Essays

Although the process of globalization tries to make the world as “one”, awakened minorities, nationalities, and localities have begun to see it as a threat to their identities.

Comparing Domestic Terrorist Threats in the US and UK

Jenrette Nowaczynski • Nov 11 2013 • Essays

Radicalized Islamic terrorism does not necessarily pose the greatest risk to national security, but rather non-Islamic extremist organizations are an increasingly imminent danger.

Co-Dependence In the Pluralist-Solidarist Debate

Mack Clayton • Nov 11 2013 • Essays

The pluralist-solidarist debate is not as inherently oppositional as originally presented. It is only when pluralism and solidarism are seen as dichotomized and opposed that conflict arises.

Do Regional Institutions Transmit Global or Regional Norms and Values?

Ben Willis • Nov 8 2013 • Essays

Shared local histories and cultures allow for regional institutions, such as the EU and ASEAN, to promote and transmit regional norms and values to all member states.

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