The Connecting Issue of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Southeast Asia
Abandoned by neighbors, 30,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshi asylum seekers were left stranded in the Andaman Sea and Malacca Strait in 2015: their protection is essential
Taking Time Seriously and the Value of Generational Analysis in IR
If we want to take time seriously in IR we will need to think through the epistemological implications and complications entailed in making such an analytical shift.
Brexit’s Potentital Implications for Poland’s Position in the EU
For years, integration with Western institutions constituted Poland’s main foreign policy concern. Since Poland joined the EU foreign policy has followed an ad hoc path.
Soft Power in the Middle East: The Invisible Skirmish
Two soft power models in the Middle East are assessed. Iran’s can be another source of regional instability. Oman’s seeks stability and peaceful resolution of conflicts.
Review – Accommodating Rising Powers: Past, Present, and Future
Among the many IR books that deal with accommodation of rising powers in a changing international system, T.V. Paul’s volume stands out and is a must-read.
Governing the Time of the World
Global time, principally Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), is the product of global governors operating in and through sociotechnical assemblages.
Lost for Words: Responding to the Kunduz Bombings
The Kunduz bombings may mirror the transformative effect ‘a new normal’ in which the bombing of hospitals during conflict are no longer tantamount to a war crime.
Bureaucracy, Organisational Learning and Resilience: ISI 2008-12
IS’s predecessor, the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), has previously proved resilient and capable of learning from and adapting to setbacks.
War through a Temporal Lens
The unforeseeable future implicates the present but also the manner in which decisions in the present operate at the intersection of meaning in past and future.
The Limits of Invoking Conspiracies: Comparing Turkey and Uzbekistan
The Turkish government faces the prospect of having the country cast as a place of danger, a depiction with serious international, political and economic ramifications.
