De Facto Diplomacy: Taiwan’s Quest for Ontological Security in Somaliland
Bilateral ties between Taiwan and Somaliland strengthen each state’s identity and ontological security through strategic narrative engagement.
Identity politics
Desh, Bidesh and Fractured Dreams: Bangladeshi Labor Migrants in the GCC
Gender, class, and race intersect to shape poor, low-skilled Bangladeshi migrants’ experience, commodifying migrant labor and in turn (re)producing global inequalities.
Cognitive and Ethical Implications of the Drone as an Agential Actor in War
Drones reshape our ethical reasoning. They have a formative effect on the pilot’s cognition and the legal and moral frameworks the individual is situated within.
Bodies of Resistance: Visibilising Women’s Lives Under Romania’s Abortion Ban
Through memory work and visceral imagery, feminist accounts memorialize women as victims and dissidents, yet they invertedly recenter male voice and reinforce patriarchy.
The Politics of Endurance: Sanctions Resilience in Cuba and Iran
Regimes in Cuba and Iran have sustained sanctions resilience through economic reforms, including neoliberal policies, and ideologically driven nationalist discourses of resistance.
Beyond Apocalypse: Securitization and Exceptionalism in Environmental Politics
The securitization of environmental crises rarely results in extraordinary political measures due to the risks associated with mobilising such actions.
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’.
Why Do Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Fail?
Recent research points to the role of resource dependence and local knowledge in activists’ success, and their engagement in either persuasive or disruptive tactics.
Colombia and Chile: How Parties and Ideologies Affect LGBTQ+ Identities
While Chile and Colombia have unique political landscapes, the recent emergence of leftist leaders indicates a shifting societal acceptance of LGBTQ+ people.
The Cambodian Genocide: Operationalizing Violence Through Ideology
The case of the Cambodian Genocide suggests that ideology does not only motivate but potentially supplements rational motives in operationalizing wide-scale violence.