Articles

Want a Scapegoat? Blame Serbia! (a Satire)

Patricia Sohn • Mar 31 2017 • Articles

Whilst scapegoating of countries like Israel is common, there is a frightening and serious rise of fascism in Europe. Satire can offer a fresh outlook on bias.

Post-Truth, Complicity and International Politics

Philip Conway • Mar 29 2017 • Articles

Apparently, we live in ‘post-truth’ times. But is this anything new? Is it more than a passing meme? And what might it mean for students and scholars of International Relations?

Populism Marches On

Russell Foster • Mar 28 2017 • Articles

The Dutch election is neither a victory for liberalism nor a victory for racism, but a victory for frustration, anger, anxiety and resentment.

What do International Relations Academics think about Security Threats?

Matt McDonald • Mar 27 2017 • Articles

The survey confirmed that experts continue to have an eye firmly on the bigger picture of global politics, despite alarmist rhetoric and limited popular debate.

Religion and Identity at the 2017 Dutch Elections

Nicholas Morieson • Mar 26 2017 • Articles

The results of the 2017 Dutch election show that issues of identity brought about by Muslim immigration to Europe continue to profoundly affect European politics.

Post-9/11 Afghanistan: An Alternative Critical-Theoretical Perspective

Deepshikha Shahi • Mar 26 2017 • Articles

The article aims at unfolding the genealogy of the post 9/11 Afghan crisis, providing an understanding of the temporal and spatial dimensions of social reality.

Xi and the North Korea Challenge in the Trump Era

Zhiqun Zhu • Mar 26 2017 • Articles

The United States and China must jointly address the North Korea challenge, based on the consensus that North Korea is a common security threat and peace is possible.

Has the United Nations Become Irrelevant?

Joseph E. Schwartzberg • Mar 24 2017 • Articles

Seismic shifts in the global geopolitical landscape and other existential issues make the UN more relevant today than ever before in the seven decades of its existence.

What Next for Iraq after the Battle of Mosul?

Tahir Abbas • Mar 23 2017 • Articles

The battle for Mosul is a proxy for a complex set of interests competing for hegemony. It is not the end, rather the beginning of the next waves of conflict Iraq faces.

Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations Thesis After 9/11

Deepshikha Shahi • Mar 23 2017 • Articles

Afghans believing in the Taliban/al-Qaida discourse will succumb to the intellectual insights of Huntington’s thesis which endorses the same worldview in a reverse guise.

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