The Center for Global Affairs, New York University
Author: Spencer Harvey, 2018.
“On October 7, 2006, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya left her apartment in Moscow to run errands (Smith 493), just as she would on any normal autumn day…”
[Read more…] about The Symbolism Behind the Murder of Anna Politkovskaya in Russia
Author: DeLaine Mayer, 2018.
“Capitalism is increasingly accepted as both the problem and solution to 21st century issues of scarcity and sustainability…”
[Read more…] about Keeping the Monster Alive: Environmental Capitalism and Payment for Ecological Services
Author: Rachel Long, 2018.
“Following the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, the world shifted its focus to the threat that would radiate for the next several decades: terrorism…”
Author: Thomas Whang, 2018.
“In her highly absorbing political treatise-cum-memoir, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything, Rosa Brooks describes the ways civilian control of the military has perhaps eroded to a precarious degree as the demarcations separating the military and civilian spheres become increasingly indistinct…”
[Read more…] about Blurred Lines: The Elision of Military and Civilian Roles
Author: Ariya Das, 2018.
“Mary Kaldor’s book ‘New and Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era’ improves our understanding of transnational security today…”
Author: George Edwards, 2018.
“There are an estimated 10 million people affected by statelessness worldwide…”
[Read more…] about How Effective is the United Nations in Dealing With Statelessness?
Author: Isabelle Schumacher, 2018.
“In November 2017, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, established an anti-corruption committee and arrested over 200 members of Saudi Arabia’s business and political elite, including members of the royal family…”
[Read more…] about Saudi Arabia’s Game of Thrones: How Prince Mohammed bin Salman is using liberal rhetoric to hide authoritarian motives
Author: Mike Kriner, 2018.
“How are we to understand the inducement for the UN’s authorization to use force in Libya and the lack thereof in Syria?…”
[Read more…] about Libya and Syria: A Tale of Two United Nations
Authors: Sylvia Maier and Jens Rudbeck, 2018.
Disclaimer: This article contains profanity and images of FEMEN activists protesting topless.
“”F*** Your Morals”, “Soldier of Freedom”, and “Naked War” are written in large letters across their naked torsos…”
[Read more…] about Performing the “Just Princess Warrior”: Symbolism and Strategy in FEMEN’s Emancipatory Activism
Author: Eric Seng, 2018.
“Since the first spears were hurled at opposing forces thousands of years ago and continuing today with automatic weapons and suicide bombs, children have been associated with armed groups participating in conflict and war…”
[Read more…] about How Social Media Influences the Islamic State’s Use of Children and Youth