Academic Articles & Research Papers

Ethnic identity (geo)politics as a zero-sum game. Towards an assessment of the long-term effects of the Ohrid framework agreement

Since 2001 the inter-ethnic relations between the two largest ethno-national communities in the Republic of Macedonia have been regulated by the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA). Describing it as an attempt at Complex Power Sharing, the ar...

Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe After Two Decades of EU Enlargement

This article examines foreign direct investment (FDI) as an indicator of economic integration, focusing on Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in the two decades they have been EU members. Although CEE countries have remained on the EU’s perip...

Digital Connectivity project for Central Asia as a mechanism of confrontation between the EU and China

The article focuses on analyzing the European Union’s (EU) Digital Connectivity project for Central Asia as a mechanism of the “Global Gateway” initiative to counterbalance the influence of China and other geopolitical actors in the region....

The “National Question” revisited: Moldova and the crisis of the modern liberal state

Moldova is a borderland, lying geographically between Slavic Russia and the modern, liberal states of the European Union. Historically, it took shape after the rise of a multicultural Ottoman Empire to its south and the disintegrating remai...

Ieșirea din anonimat a memoriei

In the transition process from authoritarianism to democracy, Romania has, nevertheless, omitted something:the confrontation with the communist past. With a few exceptions, used to justify certain transition sideslips (restitutions, privati...

International Relations Theory: A Critical Introduction

"The fifth edition of this innovative textbook introduces students to the main theories in International Relations. It explains and analyses each theory, allowing students to understand and critically engage with the myths and assumptions b...

Progress in International Relations Theory

All academic disciplines periodically appraise their effectiveness, evaluating the progress of previous scholarship and judging which approaches are useful and which are not. Although no field could survive if it did nothing but appraise it...

Race and Racism in International Relations

Alexander Anievas, Nivi Manchanda and Robbie Shilliam - Confronting the Global Colour Line: an Introduction, PART 1: CONCEPTUALISING THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF RACE AND RACISM, 2. Errol Henderson - Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism in Inter...

International Relations and the European Union

International Relations and the European Union takes a unique approach by incorporating the study of the EU's world role into the wider field of international relations. The text explains the EU's role in the contemporary world. Beginning w...

Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations

Abstract The issue of humanitarian intervention has generated one of the most heated debates in international relations over the past decade, for both theorists and practitioners. At its heart is the alleged tension between the principle of...

Gender in International Relations: Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security.

Emily S. Rosenberg; Gender in International Relations: Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security. By J. Ann Tickner. (New York: Columbia Universit...

DECODING BOTS OF TERRORISM IN BALOCHISTAN

Since the withdrawal of the US / North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces from Afghanistan in August 2021, Balochistan has experienced a renewed wave of terrorism with improved organisational/operational capabilities and better-equi...

KONFLIK RUSIA-UKRAINA TAHUN 2014-2022

Konflik Rusia-Ukraina dimulai pada tahun 2014 hingga saat ini. Pada tahun 2014, Rusia berupaya mencaplok wilayah Donbas dan Krimea. Upaya aneksasi Rusia dilakukan melalui serangan siber. Pada tahun 2022 Ukraina akan didukung penuh oleh senj...

Protecting Autonomy of Rohingya Women in Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions

Photo by Sébastien Goldberg on Unsplash ABSTRACT Rohingya women face challenges that ought to be acknowledged and addressed to ensure that when they seek health care, they can act autonomously and decide freely among available options. ...

Stefan Ihrig, Justifying Genocide: Germany and the Armenians from Bismarck to Hitler. Reviewed by Robert Tatoyan

Client or Volunteer? Understanding Neoliberalism and Neocolonialism Within International Volunteer Health Work

As international volunteer health work increases globally, research pertaining to the social organizations that coordinate the volunteer experience in the Global South has severely lagged. The purpose of this ethnographic study was to criti...

Libertad religiosa, camino para la paz

La libertad religiosa es el núcleo del Mensaje para la XLIV Jornada Mundial de la Paz que ha dirigido Benedicto XVI. Cuestión, sin duda, extraordinariamente delicada, pues comporta graves implicaciones en materia de seguridad principalmente...

Humanitarian diplomacy and the countries of the Global South: Trends and discourses

In recent years, discussions about the essence of humanitarization and humanization of international relations have intensified due to the aggravation of economic, social, and ethical problems against the background of a sharp deterioration...

International and National Law Aspects of the Abolishment of Capital Punishment

The article dwells on the contemporary situation in respect of the capital punishment both in international and national law. On the one hand, the death penalty is supposed to be forbidden and abolished as cruel and inhumane.On the other – ...

The Gender Citation Gap in International Relations

Abstract This article investigates the extent to which citation and publication patterns differ between men and women in the international relations (IR) literature. Using data from the Teaching, Research, and International Policy project o...