Would Scottish Independence Matter to Basques?
There has not been much consideration of how Scotland potentially seceding from the UK might impact the Basque movement in Spain. Despite the many similarities between the two cases, it is unlikely to have much impact.
Iran’s Response to Sanctions
Iran’s response to U.S. and EU sanctions demonstrates its increasing desperation, but the West lacks a plan for translating its current advantage into Iranian concessions on its nuclear program.
Of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Union
Few, if any, Gulf nations welcomed the Arab Spring. Only when Arab dependency upon U.S. guarantees changes will the Gulf states move towards meaningful cooperation.
Factors Fuelling China’s Expanding Maritime Operations
China’s traditional inward-looking nature is gradually giving way to a more expansive maritime presence, as demonstrated in both Beijing’s rhetoric and actions. Despite myriad regional maritime disputes, naval cooperation in the Asia-Pacific remains both possible and desirable.
Football & Racism: Euro 2012 in Perspective
The archetype of racism in football is almost identical to the kind of discrimination witnessed in other parts of society. Racism in football is a socially transmitted disease that society must remedy.
South Sudan a Year On: Statehood in Perspective
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the South Sudanese state’s creation, the country is still plagued with many of the issues it has faced for decades. Indeed, it’s only because we have inflated expectations of states that we believed it would be any different.
Taming the Anarchical Society
We should see The Anarchical Society as a book more important for what it says about Western anxieties in the latter half of the 1970s than for what it might offer latter-day theorists.
Oliver North: A New Low for the Military-Industrial-Entertainment Network
American geopolitical entertainment has become brutal. Games play with relish for pro-American killing & bloodlust, morally fig-leafed by patriotism.
China in Transition: From a Harmonious World to a Contested Region
China’s new leadership will inherit a complex, and highly contested security environment from Sino-US relations to territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Racism and Sport: Myths and Facts
Racism and xenophobia are important issues in sports. Why is racism continuously reframed and conceptualized in different situations, and why it is still so pervasive and reluctant to die?
