China’s Policy Paper on Latin America and the Caribbean: Ten Years After
Despite the geographical distance among China, Taiwan and Latin American countries, the Cross-Strait dispute could have deep implications in the geopolitical arena.
Norm Contestation, Political Assassinations, and Targeted Killings
While democratic or liberal-democratic states have championed positive norms, they have also taken-up targeted killings which defy long-established conventions.
Announcing the 2018 Article Award Winner
Madison Cartwright is the winner of the 2018 E-IR Article Award. Madison will receive $1000 in book tokens from Routledge, I.B. Tauris, Zed, and Hurst Publishers.
The US Family Separation Crisis and the Gendered Violence of Deterrence
At this critical moment, there is need for comprehensive research to examine and challenge the racialized and gendered violence of migration deterrence.
Interview – Eric Kaufmann
Eric Kaufmann discusses the rise of right-wing populism, explains the meaning and implications of ‘whiteshift’, and reflects on developments in political demography.
Saving Grace or Achilles Heel? The Odd Relationship Between Nuclear Weapons and Neo-Realism
Its time for Neo-Realists to quit using nuclear weapons as anomaly fixers, even if this necessities a fundamental reworking of their basic principles.
Exhuming Norms: Comparing Investigations of Forced Disappearances
The norm theories from International Relations fail to account for the differences in interpretation and implementation of the norms surrounding forced disappearance.
Option WTO to Assist Nuclear Nonproliferation – With Minuses and Pluses
A hard question like proliferation will be settled in a soft environment. De-securitization is possible so long as we are ready to shift our approach to nuclear issues.
The Changing Nature of African Conflicts: Regional Electoral Insecurity
Africas’ insecurity has been seen largely in the form of coups, genocides, ethnic cleansing, xenophobia, and lately rampant of all is electoral insecurity.
Understanding Decentralization in Mozambique with a Ziblatt-Mann Framework
The Ziblatt-Mann framework proves helpful when the Mozambican central state becomes institutionalized by negotiating in a clientelist way with traditional authorities.
