Student Feature – Spotlight on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO represents a robust institution for collective defense, with missions expanding past Europe, although some argue it should re-focus on European operations.
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NATO represents a robust institution for collective defense, with missions expanding past Europe, although some argue it should re-focus on European operations.
Green theory allows a broader perspective on our common interests and emphasises choices made within the ecological boundaries of climate change, rather than the political boundaries of economic advantage.
Developments within IR highlight the struggle of Indigenous peoples to maintain their place-based existence so that their lands, cultures, communities and relationships will flourish for generations to come.
Debates about the climate responsibilities of non-state actors are important to IR theory, which has been traditionally concerned with how states relate to one another.
As new economic powers such as India, China, Brazil, Turkey as well as other rising economies emerge, IR will need to do more to pay attention to the perspectives of those in the Global South.
Postcolonialism forces us to reckon with the everyday injustices and oppressions that can reveal themselves in the starkest terms through a particular moment of crisis.
Bhutan has developed a distinctive national identity that differentiates it from its neighbours, making it an interesting case to apply to constructivism.
The official discourse across an event, although powerful, never fully accounts for the reading of the entire situation.
The WTO is known for its robust dispute settlement mechanism, but this procedure is threatened by the blocking of appointments to its appellate body.
Kevin Weng explains how qualitative research methods allow political scientists to develop complex arguments and explain outlier cases in international relations.
The Security Council is the most powerful organ of the United Nations and charged with ensuring international peace and security.
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