Category: Student Features
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Critical Terrorism Studies: Hamas and 7 October 2023
Scholars have argued that Hamas’ humanitarian aid, social welfare, and governance structures complicate reductive portrayals of the group as a purely terrorist entity.
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Critical Terrorism Studies: Discourse and Discourse Analysis
Much critical terrorism studies work deals explicitly with the concept of discourse and the methods for studying the use of language in politics.
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Sexual Violence and War
Sexual violence in conflict is a continuation or escalation of gendered violence towards women and men in peacetime – much of which takes place inside the home.
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Human Rights and Sovereignty
The global system incorporates human rights in ways that go beyond merely aspirational, gradually challenging the once absolute monopoly on sovereignty held by states.
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From War Crimes to the International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, Netherlands, is the only permanent international court adjudicating on the criminal responsibility of individuals.
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The US-China Trade War
During the course of Trump’s trade war, both sides suffered significant losses in their bilateral export volumes with higher prices hurting consumers.
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Russia’s Internet Research Agency and Cyberwarfare
The Internet Research Agency was a key agent in a Russian disinformation campaign that targeted American voters in the 2016 presidential election.
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The United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi, Kenya
Today, rather than Southern countries vying to host global organisations as Nairobi did, we are witnessing a strengthening and growth of ‘Southern’ international organisations.
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Marxism, Poststructuralism and Warfare
Marxists believe that war is a tool utilised by capitalists to ensure their power persists, whilst poststructuralists underline the ‘us’ and ‘them’ hypocrisy in warfare debates.
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Donald Trump and Climate Denial
Trump manifested an environmental sceptic’s view, meaning that he did not seem to believe that climate change was worth his attention, or his state’s actions.