VOLUME 9(2) • 2017
GLOBAL POLICY MECHANISMS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL POWER POLITICS, AND DEMOCRATIC DECISION-MAKING MODES OF TRANSNATIONAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
ABSTRACT. There is an increasing body of scholarship investigating the propagation of diverse types of transnational governance congruent in a global business context and the expansion of supranational agencies and the effect of bureaucratic concerns on collaborative behavior within transnational ad..
SPROUTS OF THE ANCIENTS: THE ANCIENT ROOTS OF REPRESENTATION IN THE GREATER MEDITERRANEAN REGION FROM THE HITTITES TO ROME
ABSTRACT. Representation is the mechanism by which relatively free regimes are arranged and maintain themselves. The concept goes beyond the concept of democracy, but involves free regimes more broadly. This includes republics in the mold of Rome and Carthage, in which checks and balances rather tha..
IS GREEN CONSUMERISM REALLY AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS BEHAVIOR?
ABSTRACT. The current study has extended past research by elucidating the precursors and determinants of green consumption, advertisement of developing engagement-oriented green consumption contributions, and the relevance of green human routines for environmental protection. My paper contributes to..
ENDING THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR: IS THERE A FEDERAL SOLUTION?
ABSTRACT. The Syrian civil war developed from a broad based uprising against the brutal and corrupt Assad regime in 2011. By 2012 this had become a full scale civil war with profound splits on confessional and ethnic grounds. As this worsened, ISIS was able to capture cities in the North-East creati..
CONTEMPORARY SECURITY CHALLENGES FACING EDO STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT. This paper undertakes an analysis of Nigerian security issues specifically evaluating Edo State territorial, economic, and political security challenges. It critically interrogates three security theories, the realist perspective, and constructivist, human security theories and their contr..
FIRST AND SECOND DRAFTS OF HISTORY: THE CASE OF TRUMP, FOUCAULT AND PRE-MODERN GOVERNANCE
ABSTRACT. How do we, as scholars – social scientists and historians – respond to momentous contemporary events? Our instincts urge caution, but the events demand action. While blogs and other media offer some paths, they can veer too much towards the snap judgments associated with bad journalism and..
THE FIGHT AGAINST THE “ISLAMIC STATE” IN SYRIA: TOWARDS THE MODIFICATION OF THE RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENCE?
ABSTRACT. This article analyses whether the military operation against the “Islamic State” in Syria led to a modification of the right to self-defence in customary international law. It outlines the arguments presented by some States in favour of a right to self-defence against the IS as a non-State..
MILITARY EXPENDITURES, ALLIANCE MEMBERSHIP, AND FISCAL RESTRAINT
ABSTRACT. The global financial crisis has created pressures to reduce defense spending in many NATO members, even as emerging threats pose new challenges to the alliance. This paper reviews the literature on military spending in the context of alliances, with a focus on the likely effects of fiscal ..
GEOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE SINO-JAPANESE EAST CHINA SEA DISPUTE FOR THE U.S.
ABSTRACT. Much analysis on Asian strategic challenges facing the U.S. has justifiably emphasized the South China Sea (SCS). This has also been reflected in 2016 presidential campaign debate on the SCS as an emerging area of U.S. foreign and national security policy concern. The East China Sea (ECS) ..
ECOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, EDUCATION AND GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY: THE “RETURN” OF MURRAY BOOKCHIN (AND JOHN DEWEY?)
ABSTRACT. This article traces the “return” of Murray Bookchin whose work has been championed by Abdullah Öcalan, one of the founding members and leaders of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê, PKK). Bookchin’s “Democratic Confederalism” serves as a vehicle for taking seriously ..