Security

Interview – Paul Higate

E-International Relations • Apr 22 2015 • Features

Dr. Higate reflects on military masculinities, developments in the private military security industry, and the role of UN peacekeepers in shaping perceptions of security.

Review – North Korea and Northeast Asian Regional Security

Benjamin Habib • Mar 24 2015 • Features

Shen’s edited book presents a good collection of regional perspectives on the security problems posed by a nuclear North Korea during the late-Kim Jong Il period.

“Balkanizing” the War on Terror

Sidita Kushi • Mar 4 2015 • Articles

While the EU and the US must reassess risks and potential investments in the Western Balkans they must also learn to separate the politics from the true security threats.

International Security in the Anthropocene

Simon Dalby • Feb 23 2015 • Articles

Climate change is a production issue, not a matter of environmental protection. Recognizing that the world is changing rapidly is the key to successful social adaptation.

Emotion and Dystopian Idealism in Security Studies

Eric Van Rythoven • Dec 21 2014 • Articles

While forms of power are important they do not necessarily shape collective emotions which can be situated in a much more dispersed sets of cultural practices.

Gang Violence, Public Health, and Security in Honduras

Alexis Henshaw • Dec 18 2014 • Articles

Left unchecked, gang violence threatens to undo years of development work Honduras, and will lead to the further deterioration of physical and mental health.

Anarchy in the UK? Debating the Scottish Referendum Aftermath: Part 2

Stephen McGlinchey • Nov 20 2014 • Articles

The UK’s major parties and international partners, especially the USA, do not want the kind of security or defence posture that has been discussed in Scotland in recent months.

Interview – Kathleen Hicks

E-International Relations • Nov 6 2014 • Features

Dr. Kathleen Hicks, Henry A. Kissinger Chair and director of CSIS talks about US defense planning, the campaign against ISIL, NATO and Ukraine, and the role of gender in national security circles.

World Order, Human Rights, and the Security Council Veto

Aidan Hehir • Sep 2 2014 • Articles

The Security Council is an unedifying conflation of craven geopolitics. The veto power of the P5 is incompatible with the protection and promotion of human rights.

The Peloponnesian War and Killer Robots: Norms of Protection in Security Policy

Matthew Bolton and Cayman Mitchell • Aug 29 2014 • Articles

We need not be grateful for the ‘protection’ of killer robots; we may instead mimic Lysistrata and humanize the very structure of protection in the 21st century.

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