- feeds
- popular
- recent
- reader
- about
- story
- technologies
- what is rss
- connect
- dmca
- contact
- Feed Preview Regions Archives – E-International Relations
War and Crisis: The Impact of Narratives on the Militarisation of U.S. Police
Crises narratives and reimported conterinsurgency rhetoric have turned US police into a body upholding law-and-order via warfighting, often against racialised minorities.
Imperialism in Contemporary Russian Liberalism: Alexei Navalny’s Rhetoric
Navalny embodied an alternative Russia to the Kremlin government's control. Yet, despite his activism and liberal image, Navalny's rhetoric was imperialistic at heart.
Game Theory and Non-Alignment: India’s Position in the Russia-Ukraine War
For India, non-alignment followed by no retaliation in the war represents the Subgame Perfect Equilibrium, balancing diverse interests in a complex geopolitical context.
The Oslo Process: The Façade of Peace between Palestine and Israel
Oslo facilitated the territorial dispossession, economic dependency, and political fragmentation of Palestine as it was set up to bolster Israel’s occupational regime.
https://www.e-ir.info/2024/10/12/the-oslo-process-the-facade-of-peace-between-palestine-and-israel/
Beijing’s Charm Offensive: China’s Soft Power Projection in Central Asia
China's education diplomacy in CARs elucidates the intricacies of building cultural affinity, the nuances of alignment, and the synergy between hard and soft power.
How the Islamic State Weaponizes Imitation in Its Propaganda
Aggressive imitation is meant not only to justify IS’s violence but to express its worldview—of restoring Muslim honour by avenging the humiliation Muslims have suffered.
https://www.e-ir.info/2024/09/24/how-the-islamic-state-weaponizes-imitation-in-its-propaganda/
Laboratories at Home and Abroad: Russian Information Operations Pre-Deployment
The internal Russian information space serves as a testing ground for Russia's information operations before they are deployed against countries of the post-Soviet space.
An Embodiment, a Bridge and a Tribute: Conceptualisations from Beyond the Border
Border art re-conceptualises the US-Mexico border by engendering an aesthetic experience fractured from the hierarchical and hegemonic 'distribution of the sensible'.
More than a Seat in the General Assembly: The Recognition of de facto States
Particularly in the case of de facto states, non-formal recognition practices can play a major role in constructing sovereignty and statehood for the territory in question.
Unmasking the Narrative: Is China’s Debt Trap Diplomacy Fact or Fiction?
Claims of China's Debt Trap Diplomacy stem from a Western bias against China and China's opaque lending practices, but there is little evidence such claims are factual.
Nuclear Brinkmanship in Russia Today: A Strategic Narrative Analysis
RT portrays the international system as a new Cold War system with a nuclear face-off between two superpowers and Russia as facing nuclear threats from Ukraine and NATO.
Traumatic Memory and Historical Narratives
To induce successes in transitional justice, traumatic memory is mechanised resulting in oversimplification of relations.
https://www.e-ir.info/2024/07/08/traumatic-memory-and-historical-narratives/
Predictability in an Unpredictable World: Ritual and the NATO Summit in Vilnius
Despite, but also due to, Europe's unprecedented security landscape, the 2023 NATO Summit followed a familiar ritualized script that eclipsed any theatrical performances.
Destruction, Colonialism, and Capital: Genocidal Perspectives on Palestine
Narrow definitions of genocide facilitate its continuation, as evidenced by Israel's ongoing physical, economic, and cultural destruction of the Palestinian society.
Cuban Intelligence after the Cold War: A Case Study in Adaptation and Influence
Cuban intelligence adeptly evolved post-Cold War by prioritizing information acquisition and alliances to safeguard its national interests.
Sovereignty with Chinese Characteristics? Norms in a Changing World Order
The contradiction between China's discourse on and practices of sovereignty constitutes a form of 'organized hypocrisy', explicable by the logic of capitalist expansion.
The Anomaly of Democracy: Why Securitization Theory Fails to Explain January 6th
Faced with internal security threats, a democratic state cannot always employ extraordinary measures without triggering an existential threat to its democratic identity.
Cross-Strait Authority Dynamics and Panda Diplomacy Gift-Giving Rituals
China had the calculations of authority and timing wrong in gifting pandas to Taiwan, turning Taiwanese sentiment against trust and goodwill toward the mainland.
Turning Domestic into Political: The Case of Female Self-immolation in Iran
Patriarchal values fuel conflict, confine Iranian women to home, and impact their security, driving some to choose self-immolation. Yet, some also find agency in that.
Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Protests in Bosnia and Herzegovina show fundamental issues in the international efforts of peace-building and transitional justice during the post-war reconstruction period.
https://www.e-ir.info/2024/04/20/transitional-justice-and-peacebuilding-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/
Populist Transition: The Cases of Venezuela and Ecuador
The continuation of Latin American populism will likely produce messianic leaders characterized by beautiful promises that often do not respect the reality of things.
https://www.e-ir.info/2024/04/15/populist-transition-the-cases-of-venezuela-and-ecuador/
Do Coups d’État Influence Peace Negotiations During Civil War?
The Sudanese Civil War shows that mechanisms by which coups come to resemble ‘peace-inducing shocks’ are easily interrupted by ‘spoilers’ who oppose the terms of peace.
https://www.e-ir.info/2024/04/13/do-coups-detat-influence-peace-negotiations-during-civil-war/
How Did Russia Use Anti-Western Narratives To Justify Intervening In Syria?
Russian narratives on Syria to justify military intervention are anti-Western, and comprise claims to legitimate counterterrorism and adherence to international law.
The Battle of Austerlitz and the Utility of Game Theory for Operational Analysis
Game theory allows analysts to model even complex battlefield scenarios, enabling past and future military operations to be simulated and alternative courses of action compared.
From 9/11 to Humanise Palestine: Investigating the Terror of Grievability
Reproduced violence in videos and images registers an order of grievability that fails to recognise the value of lives in the Middle East as lives.
Women’s Rights in North Korea: Reputational Defense or Labor Mobilization?
The plight of North Korean women is evident in the Kim regime’s exploitation of their labor and lack of protection for their rights, despite its rhetoric.
Revisiting Cold War Rhetoric: Implications of North Korean Strategic Culture
Changes in exogenous conditions interact with North Korea's strategic culture of Juche, leading to variations in its ‘rational' security choices during the Cold War and now.
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women’s Failures in Fiji
Fiji fails to decrease the occurrence of gender-based violence despite the ratification of the CEDAW due to several intersecting factors.
The Origins of Regionalism in the EU and ASEAN
Both convergence and divergence in the extra- and intra-regional security dynamics shaped the emergence/deepening of the Cold War-era EU and ASEAN.
https://www.e-ir.info/2024/02/25/the-origins-of-regionalism-in-the-eu-and-asean/
Havoc to Hope: Electoral Violence in the Kenya 2022 General Election
The 2022 election was not marred by violence due to an interaction between elite incentives and opportunities for violence, institutional constraints, and civil society efforts.