President Vladimir Putin of Russia is as polarizing as he is provocative. According to Tyler Bowen, Putin is merely the leader of a small revisionist power struggling to expand against a strong alliance.
Continue reading The Paper Bear – The West’s Dominance over Russia
A year after the “Bring Back Our Girls” campaign brought Nigeria’s struggle with Boko Haram to the international fore, the situation in much of the country is far from improved.
In the past year alone, ISIS has reportedly received over $35 million in ransoms, leading many to question the decision of some states to negotiate with terrorists in order to free kidnapped citizens.
Continue reading “We Don’t Negotiate With Terrorists” – The Economics of Hostage Taking
As Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott races to secure clemency for two of his citizens on death row in Indonesia, Indonesians have vehemently asserted their right to enforce their laws on their own soil.
Continue reading Humanitarian Debt: Bargaining for the Lives of the Bali Nine
Despite the growing friendship between Barack Obama and Narendra Modi, the subject of religious intolerance remains an irritant in US-India relations.
Continue reading Religious Intolerance: International or Domestic Concern?
The United States of Europe — Jean Monnet’s vision for the continent during the early days of the European Coal and Steel Community — is certainly not the reality of the present.
Although few would imagine that the Falkland Islands dispute would recreate instability in Anglo-Argentine relations, new developments are threatening to do just that.
President Obama’s recently proposed AUMF against the Islamic State is meant to serve political, not legal, ends.
Continue reading Why Obama’s AUMF Has Nothing to Do with Legality
The dominant Western portrayal of Malala Yousafzai’s story reduces the intricacies of a complex reality to an us-versus-them binary.
Continue reading Malala Yousafzai and the Politics of Exclusion and Exploitation
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