- Reader in International Relations, University of Westminster
There’s a growing clamour for Israel to be suspended from the UN over its banning of Unrwa.
Serbia’s nationalist government seeks re-election. If it succeeds, Europe may be poised for renewed war in the Balkans.
UN peacekeeping and security efforts have always been plagued by the Security Council veto. But moves are afoot to solve this problem.
The collapse of the government in Kosovo is a victory for reactionary forces within Kosovo and the self-seeking agenda of the Trump administration.
The government is planning to take part in military action in Syria. But does it need MPs to consent beforehand?
Europe’s youngest state badly wants into the EU, but the hurdles in place are high.
Just because the constitution says secession is illegal, it doesn’t mean it is under international law.
After years of propping up corrupt parties in the name of ‘order’, Kosovo’s international backers have a very different partner to deal with.
Donald Trump suddenly appears to have been overcome with a sense of responsibility towards the people of Syria. How can that be explained?
Military intervention is sanctioned and executed by states. It is thus always a function of state interests rather than the objective enforcement of law. The case of The Gambia is no different.
Libya has become a case study for those who think the world should never intervene in national conflicts. Not so fast.
Hardly an enthusiastic upholder of human rights, Qatar has been welcomed as a participant in R2P – even though that obligates it to do basically nothing.
Does anyone seriously expect Beijing or Moscow to change their behaviour because of a hail of hopeful retweets?
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