Student Features

Student Feature – Spotlight on the Peace Process in Colombia

Cécile Mouly • Jan 25 2017 • Student Features

E-IR’s spotlight series invites academics to reflect on significant events. This feature explores the quest for peace in Columbia between the government and guerrilla groups.

Student Feature – Advice on Reading Smart

Stephen McGlinchey • Dec 21 2016 • Student Features

Reading for scholarly purposes is not the same as reading for pleasure. You need to adopt an appropriate, and healthy, reading strategy.

Student Feature – Advice on Using Sources

Stephen McGlinchey • Dec 21 2016 • Student Features

Referencing sources is a core skill in academia. It is an important element of scholarly writing, and one that you should master for your own studies.

Student Feature – Spotlight on the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Stephen McGlinchey • Aug 10 2016 • Student Features

Due to decades of diplomacy, non-proliferation is one of the norms underpinning our international system and we have come a long way from the dark days of 1945.

Student Feature – Advice on Writing an Essay

E-International Relations • Aug 10 2016 • Student Features

This guide is aimed at a beginner, typically a student embarking on their first year of university study. It may also be useful as a recap for more experienced students.

Student Feature – The Challenges of Democracy and Democratization in Europe

Students of Goethe University Frankfurt • Jul 29 2014 • Student Features

Dr Sergiu Gherghina tasked his students to write blogs instead of essays in the hope that the task would embed new skills and perspectives.

Student Book Feature – IR Theory: A Critical Introduction

Victor Coutinho Lage • Jul 19 2014 • Student Features

By focusing on IR myths, & by using films to help understand theories, Weber’s textbook remains a major introduction to the perspectives associated with the study of IR.

Student Book Features: Anarchist Political Theory

James Wakefield • Oct 4 2013 • Features

The arguments against politics and for anarchy presented in these two recently re-issued books are problematic. Nonetheless they cannot be dismissed out of hand.

Student Book Features: Critical Approaches to Security

Rhys Crilley • Jun 28 2013 • Features

These two edited collections provide detailed accounts of critical methodologies and methods, and are a welcome addition to a sub field that is seemingly no longer at the margins.

Student Book Features: EU Studies

Stephen McGlinchey • May 17 2013 • Features

EU studies is a field with an immense range of student-facing textbooks available, and also an ever growing number of texts dedicated to sub-areas such as EU security.

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