For Croatia and Its Neighbors, Teachable Moments on Ethics in Politics
Accused of a conflict of interest, Croatia’s Karamarko Instigates the Fall of the Oreskovic Government, inflicting a severe blow to his party and his political future.
Brexit Symposium
Brexit is not a time-space exception, but rather a symptom of a systemic failure of democratic governance at the national and EU levels.
Brazilian Foreign Policy: Neoliberal (re)Turn
If Lula returns to office in 2018, this could mean a return to his more active foreign policy, though the economic situation then will still be decisive.
The Contested Use of Force in Germany’s New Foreign Policy
Stakeholders and the German public should not shy away from the debate about the appropriate role of the use of force in Germany’s foreign and security policy.
R2P and the Normative Accountability of the UN Security Council
The legality of a particular military intervention depends on whether the UNSC sanctions it. Yet, no normative framework governs the UNSC decision-making in this regard.
Long Game, Hard Choices: The Obama Administration and Democracy in Egypt
The experiences of the Arab Spring cannot be erased and the US will have no choice but to factor in its foreign policy, the popular political aspirations in the region.
Towards a ‘Challenge-Driven’ International Relations Education?
One of the problems that IR faces is that its students cannot do it in the way that engineers, for example, can design and build in workshops.
Understanding Syria’s Many Conflicts
The Syrian war is not just one conflict, but several conflicts which interact with one another. Syria has become a quagmire in which nobody can win but all can lose.
The Obama Administration and Israel: Aberration or Harbinger of Change?
We are witnessing the start of an unraveling bi-partisan support in the US for Israel, which has potentially been hurried by the Obama-Netanyahu feud.
Finger on the Nuclear Button: Gender, Responsibility and Nuclear Custodianship
Hillary Clinton quite literally turned the tables on Trump – inverting the gender binary that had for centuries kept women from public office
