Does the State Always Precede the Nation in the Middle East & North Africa?
Taking Turkey and Egypt as two conflicting examples, the issue of whether the state precedes the nation is illuminated in its multi-varied and complex nature.
Non-Western Perspectives on Constitutional Supremacy
Greater flexibility, vulnerability, and uncertainty differentiate constitutional supremacy in non-Western countries such as Turkey and India from Western nations.
The Arab Uprisings, Globalisation and Postmodernity
The profane demands of Arab postmodernity did not reject the general idea of modernisation; they safeguarded a universal sense of amelioration and emancipation.
Religion and Globalization: New Possibilities, Furthering Challenges
The relationship between religion and globalization is complex, one with new possibilities and furthering challenges.
The Just War Tradition and Utopian Political Thought
War is neither humane nor inhumane; it is merely human, and to elevate the phenomenon to a humane altitude is a utopian project beyond mankind’s present reach.
Christian Traditional Values Prefiguring the Development of Human Rights
The global expression of human rights found in the UDHR contains an implicit touch of Christian values.
Orientalism, Palestinian Nationalism, and Israeli Repression
The success of Palestinian nationalism in the context of the peace process is complicated by the variations in Orientalism which occur between different forms of Zionism.
Analysing the Lord’s Resistance Army Through Liberalism & Social Constructivism
Using the case study of the Lord’s Resistance Army in northern Uganda, liberalism’s approach to peacebuilding is inadequate compared to social constructivism’s.
Constituting Latin America
Early US foreign policy understood and utilised modernity in a manner distinct from Europe, but on the same problematic epistemological grounds.
Should we Rebuild ‘Failed States’ or ‘Let Them Fail’?
The practice of rebuilding ‘failed’ or ‘failing’ states is ethically problematic. It overlooks human security and is too focused on Western institutional standards.
