Russia weighs in on Bannon-free White House
Steve Bannon’s departure as White House chief strategist was seen coming a mile away, but it is still sending shock waves of speculation over potential policy shifts by US President...
Book Review | Re-Imagining the Other: Culture, Media, and Western-Muslim Intersections
Edited by Karim H. Karim and Mahmoud Eid Re-Imagining the Other: Culture, Media, and Western-Muslim Intersections (Palgrave Macmillan. 2014. ISBN 978-1-137-40366-7. 250 pp, £66 hardcover) Published in Journal of Global...
Book Review | Young Islam: The New Politics of Religion in Morocco and the Arab World
Avi Max Young Islam: The New Politics of Religion in Morocco and the Arab World (Princeton University Press. 2015. ISBN: 978-0-601-15984-3. 264 pp, £22.95, hardback) Published in Journal of Global...
Book Review | The New Deal: A Global History
Kiran Klaus Patel The New Deal: A Global History (America in the World.) Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2016. pp. xii, 435. $35.00.) Published in Journal of Global Analysis –...
Book Review | Religious Difference in a Secular Age
Saba Mahmood Religious Difference in a Secular Age (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2016, ISBN: 978-0-691-15327-8, 237 pp., $14.72) Published in Journal of Global Analysis – Vol. 7 No....
Book Review | Rethinking the Third World: International Development and World Politics
Mark T. Berger and Heloise Weber Rethinking the Third World: International Development and World Politics (London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, ISBN: 978-1-4039-9589-6, 200 pp., $48.00) Published in Journal of Global...
Book Review | The Hundred-Year Marathon: China’s Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
Michael Pillsbury The Hundred-Year Marathon: China’s Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower (New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2015, ISBN: 978-1250081346, 352 pp., $11.55) Published in Journal of...
Nigeria’s Leadership Role Quests: The Race of the Crippled
Abstract There is no doubt that Nigerians conceive their country as the giant state in Africa, principally for the country’s human and material endowments. In the realm of foreign policy,...
Turkey-KRG Energy Relations: Internal and External Dynamics
Abstract This paper aims at exploring internal and external dynamics of Turkey-KRG energy relations. It argues that Turkey’s fight against the PKK, its increasing energy need, the target of Turkish...
Attractions and Limitations of Nigeria’s Soft Power
Abstract Academic scholarship on Nigeria’s regional credentials and influence has focused on its hard power (economic and military capability). Despite the increasing relevance given to soft power in the 21st...
The End of War: Truth or Fiction?
Antony Ou in response to Dr Jean-Paul Gagnon’s article ‘The End of War?’ in Political Reflection, 2 (4): 30-33. In Volume 2 Issue 4 of Political Reflection, Dr Jean-Paul Gagnon...
Japan and the Issue of Nuclear Energy
Japan can expect a shortage of 8,500 MW this summer (2012). Japan’s electricity consumption was estimated in 2011 as being 859.7 billion kWh. As a resource poor country, however, Japan...
Progress, Democracy And Pollution: China’s Ecological Armageddon
In the broadest sense, the Idea of Progress is a belief that technological, scientific, socio-political advancement will eventually improve the quality of life, happiness, and well-being of one’s society. In...
Revisiting the Politics of the Earth
This year marks the fifteenth year since the first publication of John Dryzek’s Politics of the Earth (Oxford University Press, 1997; third edition forthcoming). Much has changed since then but...
Protecting Urban Environments: Role of Local Bodies in India
The need for protecting natural environments was realized by human beings in the earliest phases of human history as is evident from certain ancient texts. In India, for example, the...