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Political Violence and Terrorism in Cyberspace

Mariano Varesano • Dec 18 2024 • Essays

Cyberspace offers the potential for asymmetric political violence, but the paradox of anonymity and technical difficulties have precluded an actual cyberterrorist attack.

Everyday Insecurity in Gaza: Experiencing Blockade, Displacement and Panopticism

Nicholas McGrath • Dec 12 2024 • Essays

Violence in both war and colonialism occurs in everyday administration via persistent technologies and the slow violence of caloric, infrastructural, and spatial control.

Interview – Sébastien Dubé

E-International Relations • Dec 6 2024 • Features

Sébastien Dubé discusses the history of regionalism in Latin America, contemporary efforts for regional integration and developing human rights challenges in the region.

European Strategic Autonomy: How Realism Best Explains Why It Remains a Failure

Simon Rio • Dec 3 2024 • Essays

European states only support aspects of ESA that serve their objective interests—such as economic and security concerns—which are not produced by any strategic culture.

Interview – Marta Migliorati

E-International Relations • Dec 1 2024 • Features

Martia Migliorati explores shifts in Nordic security and defense policy, the implications of the Ukraine war, and the politicisation of the EU’s trade arrangements.

Neoliberalism and the Sovereignty of the Global South

Jyotir Sondhi • Nov 30 2024 • Essays

The neoliberal project has used sovereignty as a mechanism for producing and protecting class relations that favour the global capitalist elite.

Sexual Assault Silences in War Memorialisation: The Lesson of Vivian Bullwinkel

Amy Capuano • Nov 27 2024 • Essays

The display of Bullwinkel’s dress is a symbol of the gap between wartime experiences and their commemorative representations.

Lone-Wolf Terrorism: A Threat to Public Safety or A Catalyst for Public Hysteria?

Katie Malkin • Nov 20 2024 • Essays

The momentary usefulness of lone-wolf terrorism concept is just the tip of the iceberg; its potential in contemporary responses to the threat in a modernised era is massive.

The F-16 Coalition for Ukraine: Small State Status-Seeking Through Donations

Jelle van den Wijngaard • Nov 19 2024 • Essays

Dutch F-16 donations to Ukraine were partly an international status-seeking act, a “good behavior” that gained the Netherlands prestige and saw Rutte become NATO Secretary General.

Interview – Michael Butler

E-International Relations • Nov 17 2024 • Features

Michael Butler talks about humanitarian intervention, the challenges to R2P and its relevance today, the norm life-cycle model, and the ethics of protection.

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