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Women as Foreign Policy Leaders
What difference does gender make to foreign diplomacy? What do we know about women’s participation as decision-makers in…
Japan’s New Regional Reality
Since the mid-1990s, Japan’s regional economic strategy has transformed. Once characterized by bilateralism, informality, and neomercantilism, Japanese policy…
Kosovo Divided: Ethnicity, Nationalism and the Struggle for a State
Marius Calu investigates how the management of plurality is a fundamental element of contemporary state-building seeking to build…
Foresight Part II: Cases of Warning about Violent Conflict and Mass Atrocities
What does it take for warnings about violent conflict and war to be listened to, believed and acted…
Accommodation Works Better for Reducing Conflict
Is there a causal relationship between integrative constitutions and political conflict? Do inclusive political arrangements lead to higher…
Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine: The Politics of National Commemoration
Many decades have passed since the Palestinian national movement began its political and military struggle. In that time,…
The roads to power: The infrastructure of counterinsurgency
Throughout history and in all continents when armies have marched across continents, a crowd roughly 50 to 150…
Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency in the Neoliberal Age
Laleh Khalili examines the colonial roots of counterinsurgency practices deployed by the US after September 11, 2011 in Iraq…
Italian Fascisms Empire Cinema
Italian Fascisms Empire Cinema is the first in-depth study of the feature and documentary films made during Mussolini’s…
Why is it important to study War Studies today?
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University and a political commentator and…