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17 May 2013
Burma | censorship | China | Digital Freedoms | digital rights | Freedom of Expression | International Relations | internet freedom | Surveillance technology
Internet censorship has been growing precipitously in countries around the world. Freedom House finds that 20 of 47 countries examined have increased their...
2 May 2013
Asymmetric warfare | coercion | Cyber war | Cyber-attacks | Digital Freedoms | Digital Freedoms | Escalation | Intellectual Property | International Relations | Sanctions
The internet is increasingly seen as a potential battleground of the future, while there would be few casualties in such warfare it would have an impact on the...
12 Dec 2012
Defence | International Relations | Missile Test | Negotiations | North Korea | Nuclear Weapons | Politics | South Korea | Asia | International
For its size and wealth North Korea gets a lot of international attention. It regularly gets into the media around the world and is the subject of numerous...
26 Oct 2012
foreign policy | Human rights | International Relations | Religious freedom | States | Religion General | Living with difference | Global | Religions | Secularism | Free Speech Debate | International | Religion
Religion is largely ignored from foreign policy and from literature about how foreign policy should be determined. Religious freedom is likewise for the most...
31 Aug 2012
Adaptation | Climate Change | Global Warming | International Relations | Mitigation | United Nations | Climate | Environment
There are several definitions of adaptation in this context but, broadly, it is the idea that climate change is a reality, and that changes in human and...
24 Aug 2012
Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement | Digital Freedoms | Digital Rights Management | European Parliament | Intellectual Property | Intellectual Property | International Relations | Media
What is ACTA?
The intention behind the creation of ACTA is to allow countries to work together to tackle large scale intellectual property violations. It...
11 Jul 2012
Africa | Africa | African Union | Conflict | Development | EUROPEAN UNION | integration | International Organisations | International Relations | Organisation of African Unity | Politics | United States of Africa | International
In July 2002, the fifty-three members of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) disbanded that organization and inaugurated the African Union (AU). The goal...
16 Mar 2012
European integration | EUROPEAN UNION | intergovernmentalism | International Relations | Neofunctionalism | Theory | Economic policy | Europe | Economy General | Political philosophy | International | Society | Philosophy | Economy
The two main competing theories of EU integration are Neo-functionalism and Intergovernmentalism. Although these theories have been heavily criticised, amended...
20 Feb 2012
Anarchy | Hierarchy | International Cooperation | International Organisations | International Relations | Liberalism | Realism | United Nationa | World Government | Global | International
The model of the nation-state has traditionally provided the basis for international relations. However, there are many problems which are impossible for...
26 Jan 2012
assassination | Conflict | dictators | Intellegence agency | International Relations | Peace | spys | Ethics | Human rights | International law | Law | Philosophy
Assassination can be defined as the targeted killing of an individual for political reasons in peacetime. It can be undertaken by individual citizens, or by...
