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Cartographic Domination in British India

As the authoritative text and imbued with colonial power, maps deeply affected how Indians related to their surroundings and their history and culture. http://dlvr.it/Sk6VzB

Frantz Fanon and the Inefficacy of Anti-colonial Violence

A more effective way of combatting colonial immanent violence is to dismantle the racialised and gendered discourses that make this violence possible. http://dlvr.it/Sk4yx5

Robust Peacekeeping and Its Unintended Consequences

Robust peacekeeping, defined as proactive defense of civlians by UN peacekeepers, is undermined by the risk-aversion by troops on the ground. http://dlvr.it/Sk3Htq

Opinion – Is Russia a ‘Terrorist State’?

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania’s denunciations of Russia as a “terrorist state” is not categorically helpful. http://dlvr.it/Sk2KFh

The BRI in Kazakhstan: The Chinese Dream with Kazakh Characteristics?

The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative's ability to align with its principle of win-win in Kazakhstan has proved successful, particularly in the Nurly Zhol project. http://dlvr.it/Sk20WK

Navigating the Complexities of Business and Human Rights

Capitalism has implemented different mechanisms to legitimize itself, CSR is one of this tools that has been held for debate about whether is effective or not. http://dlvr.it/SjsD2P

Twenty-Five Years On: Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement

Although the international order in which it was created has changed, the Agreement can still be a blueprint for peace processes in other parts of the world. http://dlvr.it/Sjr2Rl

Opinion – What a Stronger Japanese Military Posture Means for Okinawa

The more Japan flexes its muscles to protect its citizens and territory, and to prove that it’s a worthy ally to the US, the more it puts Okinawan lives in danger http://dlvr.it/Sjq3Y9

Interview – Jason Pack

Jason Pack reflects on the current global enduring disorder, the role played by Libya, and what the future world order looks like. http://dlvr.it/SjlMB8

Introducing COLD: The Search for Sheree

Sheree Warren left her job in Salt Lake City on a mild October evening in 1985. She told a coworker she was headed to meet her estranged husband, Charles Warren, at a car dealership. But she never made it, Sheree vanished. When her car mysteriously surfaced weeks later, hundreds of miles away in Las Vegas, no one could say how it got there. When a young mother disappears under unexplained circumstances, police always turn suspicious eyes towards the husband. And although there was distrust around Charles Warren, he wasn’t the only suspect when Sheree went missing. She also had a boyfriend, a former cop named Cary Hartmann, who lived a sinister double life. Season three follows two suspects– men who both raised suspicion for investigators. But with two strong persons of interest with competing facts and evidence, it muddied the murder investigation. This season, host Dave Cawley, digs into the lives of these two men, the details of the case and examines the intersections between domes

Opinion – Sturgeon’s Departure and the Conundrum of Scottish Independence

Sturgeon’s successor would be wise to portray independence as an organic outcome from a yet-to-be-defined stage in Scotland’s political development. http://dlvr.it/Sjctmm

Opinion – Nigeria’s Stagnation on Anti-Corruption Links with Growing Insecurity

With Nigeria’s Presidential elections imminent, there is a debate over whether outrage over growing public sector corruption will factor significantly in the results. http://dlvr.it/Sjctfk

Interpreting Indigenous Peacebuilding Civil Society Organisations

Frameworks of ‘problem-solvers’ and ‘autonomous political activists’ underline the contrasting ways in which the impact of indigenous CSOs upon peacebuilding are evaluated. http://dlvr.it/SjWLbb

Forward-Looking Transitional Climate Justice

Those in wealthier countries working in the fossil fuel industry have certain entitlements inasmuch as they will be harmed by more effective climate policy. http://dlvr.it/SjSQ1M

Climate Justice from Theory to Practice: The Responsibility and Duties of the Oil Industry

The duty of decarbonisation entails a large-scale transformation that oil companies ought to undergo in order to eventually eliminate carbon emissions from their business model. http://dlvr.it/SjRxSf

What is Emissions Egalitarianism?

One of the debates in climate ethics concerns the question of how the carbon budget, in terms of emissions permits, should be distributed among people. http://dlvr.it/SjPLWK

Taking Climate Change Seriously: The ‘Values Approach’

Modifying our habits such that we actually reduce our carbon footprint requires that we grasp the situation at hand and commit to making our values explicit. http://dlvr.it/SjLdV4

Libertarianism and Climate Ethics

By applying a Lockean theory of just appropriation, libertarianism allows for climate action by showing that the excessive use of the atmosphere is unjust. http://dlvr.it/SjL9zv

The PRC and Democracy

There is a need to reconsider the universality and robustness of democracy, given how autocracy has flourished in the People's Republic of China. http://dlvr.it/SjKpTb

Opinion – Moldova and Romania’s Unification is Not on the Horizon

Despite pro-unification sentiments there is no official ongoing process – only occasional polls and statements by policymakers. http://dlvr.it/SjJ40C

Can the Academy Still Debate ‘Colonialism’?

Disagreeing vehemently with another scholar’s opinions in the academy is one thing, death threats and calls for a scholar to be fired quite another. http://dlvr.it/SjDWw1

Beyond Rawls: The Principle of Transgenerational Equity

Climate change imposes a reflection on the importance of time in justice issues and underlines how transgenerationality is a crucial matter for justice. http://dlvr.it/SjD4F8

Let’s Be Rational: A ‘Fair Share’ Approach to Carbon Emissions

Emissions can be seen as a scarce communal resource, that, like other scarce resources such as a food, water or medical supplies, needs to be rationed. http://dlvr.it/SjCdJ8

Has Climate Change Ended Nature?

Considering humans as separate from the rest of nature risks an incomplete view of the current functioning of the biosphere and the misrepresentation of the human role. http://dlvr.it/Sj9MYr

From Food to Climate Justice: How Motivational Barriers Impact Distributive Justice Strategies for Change

Local food movements have leveraged normative arguments to motivate individual and collective action. http://dlvr.it/Sj8XjL

An Ontological Review of Wendt’s ‘Anarchy Is What States Make of It’

Due to Wendt's ontological-epistemological choices, he is unable to challenge neorealist assumptions about the nature of international relations. http://dlvr.it/Sj75WR

The Rights of the Ecosystem and Future Generations as Tools for Implementing Environmental Law

The time is right to advance more robust arguments for the existence of ecosystem rights per se and the rights of future generations. http://dlvr.it/Sj5Wrm

From Rio to Paris: International Climate Change Treaties Between Consensus and Efficacy

At the moment, we are far from reaching a satisfactory goal in combatting climate change, notwithstanding the years of negotiations. http://dlvr.it/Sj3277

The Impact of Gender on the Study and Practice of International Security

Gendered consideration has led to valid critiques, and to new agendas, that have influenced the ways militaries operate. http://dlvr.it/Sj31pK

Wondery Presents: Stolen Hearts

Sergeant Jill Evans is a small town cop in Wales with an impressive record in her job, and a less than impressive record in her love life. After three engagements, two divorces and one affair, she’s beginning to worry that love is only true in fairy tales. That is until she meets: Dean. He’s a wealthy beauty entrepreneur with his own range of toiletries. Girl meets boy. Boy meets girl. They kiss and fall in love. Roll credits. But that would be boring, wouldn’t it? Instead, this is a love story like no other. It’s all going so well for Jill and Dean, until Halloween night, when Dean disappears. And Sgt. Jill is left to pick up the pieces. From Wondery and Novel, comes a new series. Hosted by Kerry Godliman. Follow Stolen Hearts on Amazon Music of wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App.  Listen to Stolen Hearts: Wondery.fm/SH_TAL See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californ

Interview – Kelly Greenhill

Kelly Greenhill explains weaponised migration, including the different types of engineered migration in theory and practice, as well as the costs of these policies. http://dlvr.it/ShygXc

Climate Change: Scientific Evidence and Projected Warming

Greenhouse gas emissions must be cut dramatically by about 5–8% every year if we want to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040–2050. http://dlvr.it/Shs57V

Foreword: Global Climate Justice

The world’s richest economic actors are obligated to put humanity in the conditions to live healthy lives with dignity. http://dlvr.it/Shm4Hk