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Have Non-Military Options Been Exhausted In Syria?
A key argument for military intervention in Syria rests on the assumption that all non-violent options have been exhausted. The UK government made this very claim in a document intended to provide a...
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What are the Possible Legal Frameworks and Norms for an Intervention in Syria?
Barack Obama favours decisive action, but which legal framework or norm supports a strike against Assad? The conflict in Syria has been in a state of constant escalation for two and a half years, with...
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Women and Peacebuilding in the Asia-Pacific
Women are still stuck at the local level, or as limited add-on roles rather than being a part of a radical revision of concepts of peacebuilding and challenging the entrenched perceptions of...
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The origins of Sectarianism in Iraq
The violence in Iraq has been remarkably concentrated; 48% of the civilian deaths since 2003 have been in and around Baghdad (Image: The Times, Philippe Naughton) The internecine conflict that tore...
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Crossing the Gulf: The Modern Arabic-Iranian ‘Cold War’
The geopolitical struggles have often polarised the region putting the Saudi lead Arabic countries on one side and Iran and its supporters on the other. The Middle East is a region of great rivalries...
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Engaging armed groups: challenging preconceptions and expanding options
Decisions – be they to arm, proscribe or engage – must be based at the very least on a full understanding of the realities of the conflict dynamics and the range of perspectives of actors within a...
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Constructing (a) political reality through corporate soft power
Blackberry is inherently be connected with the Canadian identity. (Source: The Canadaian Press/APdapd, Berthold Stadler) For those not privy to such information, Blackberry, the Waterloo, Canada based...
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A Farther East: Why the US Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love China
The 21st century will be the century of Asia. The incredible economic growth of China, building on the 20th century successes of Japan and the Asian Tigers, signals a shift in the focus of the globe...
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Exclusionary regime practices and their impact on post-invasion Iraq
President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Internecine violence continues to embroil Iraq and that violence more often than not is along the fault lines of religious and ethnic groups....
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Is a change in the US’s North Korea policy overdue?
View of the North from the southern side of the Joint Security Area. North Korea presents difficult challenges for US foreign policy. The six-party talks which attempted to put a stop to North Korea’s...
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Merkel and the NSA: Diplomatic shock waves crossing the Atlantic
Merkel holds her mobile used for governmental communication during her opening tour at the CeBit computer fair in Hanover(REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch) The transatlantic relations have hit a low, the...
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How serious is the recent China-Japan verbal escalation?
Chinese frigates like this could potentially cause an unpredictable conflict by accident Photo: AFP This past week has seen a war of words between China and Japan. Though not an unfamiliar situation,...
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Kyrgyzstan after the closure of Manas Transit Center
The U.S. began using Manas in 2001 to support counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan,… After years of negotiations, threatened evictions, and rent hikes, the Kyrgyz national government has settled...
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What to expect from China’s Third Plenum
President Xi Jinping (centre) and Premier Li Keqiang (to Xi’s left) at the third plenary meeting yesterday with other Politburo Standing Committee members (from left) Zhang Gaoli, Liu Yunshan, Zhang...
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Japan’s economy: Can the remedy be found in its culture rather than Abenomics?
Japan’s population is forecasted to decline from its current level of 126.66 million to between 92.03 and 100.59 million people by 2050. Nearly a year has passed since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was...
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Au revoir Franco-German (military) cooperation?
The Franco-German Brigade serves as the armoured underpinning of the Franco-German friendship – a friendship that is often described as Europe’s engine and anchor of stability. July, 14th, 2013: 4800...
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The War on Drugs: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?
The supply and demand of drugs has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from preventable drug-related disease and violence; millions of users arrested and imprisoned. (Image: ABC News) From the...
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Central African Republic and the French Intervention – No longer a Bystander
French soldiers, shown on patrol in Bangui, are to receive reinforcements under a new agreement between France and the Central African Republic A year ago, when then President François Bozizé appealed...
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The World has lost a Hero
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013 South Africa has lost its father and the world...
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Understanding China’s ADIZ as a strategic move
One of disputed Senkaku islands (Photo: EPA) Two weeks after China announced the creation of its air defence identification zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea, the initial response to it has been a...
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