So the Oceans are Worth $24 Trillion U.S.
It is good to know that we humans have done our audit and determined what the oceans are worth. The chief architect putting a price tag to 70% of the...
Nazarbaev Heads For A New Term In Kazakh Vote
Voters in Kazakhstan are voting in a ballot that is expected to result in the reelection of President Nursultan Nazarbaev. With authorities clamping down on opposition and keeping tight control over...
At War against Itself: Religious Identity, Militancy and Growing Insecurity in Northern Nigeria
JCTS (Journal of Conflict Transformation and Security) | Vol. 4 | No. 1-2 | April-October 2014 Abstract This paper critically examines the uneasy nexus between religious identity and spiralling violence...
The Concept and Practice of ‘Nation Branding’
The branding of nations has become an important aspect of cultural and national representation in contemporary times. Countries are eager to attract tourists, students, and workers, stimulate inward investment, and...
Leadership and Economic Integration: the case of the Cameroon-Gabon couple
JCTS | Vol. 4 | No. 1-2 | April-October 2014 Abstract Sub-regional economic integration offers benefits to members, including new trade opportunities, larger markets, an increase in bargaining power and...
Islamic State, Afghanistan and Pakistan!!
The Baqiya wa Tatamaddad (remaining and expanding) strategic motivations of the Islamic State have created a commotion that needs to be examined objectively, particularly reports related to the terror organization’s recruitment...
Gendered (In)Securities: Refugee Camps in Southeastern Turkey
By Dr. Selin Akyüz* and Dr. Bezen Balamir Coşkun** Abstract Academic literature on security and securitization has been criticized for neglecting the significance of gender as a dimension of security....
Russia’s Shadow in the Middle East: Riyadh – Moscow Nuclear Agreement
During his official visit to Russian Federation, deputy of crown prince and minister of defense of Saudi Arabia - prince Muhammad Bin Salman, held a long negotiation with Russian president...
Book Review: Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding
Roger Mac Ginty (Ed) Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978 0 415 69019 5, 394 p. Policies, practices and debates about peacebuilding and how to approach...
Book Review: Human Security in East Asia: Challenges for Collaborative Action
Sorpong Peou (ed.) Human Security in East Asia: Challenges for Collaborative Action 2009, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, Routledge, ISBN: 978 0 41546 796 4, 208 p., £95.00 Though human security...
Book Review: Formal Peace and Informal War: Security and Development in Congo
Zoe Marriage Formal Peace and Informal War: Security and Development in Congo Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978 0415641333, 192 p. As the title suggests, the book is centred around the paradox...
Book Review: The Identity Politics of Peacebuilding – Civil Society In War-Torn Sri Lanka
Camila Orjuela The Identity Politics of Peacebuilding – Civil Society In War-Torn Sri Lanka London: SAGE Publications, 2008, ISBN 978-0761936589, 292 p. The common understanding of civil society engaged in...
Book Review: Identity, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice: Overcoming Intractability in Divided Societies, Transitional Justice
Nevin T. Aiken, Identity, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice: Overcoming Intractability in Divided Societies, Transitional Justice Routledge, Oxon: 2013. ISBN: 978-0415628334, 280 p. Considering the disparate and interdisciplinary wealth of literature...
Book Review: Building a People-oriented Security Community the ASEAN Way
Alan Collins Building a People-oriented Security Community the ASEAN Way Abingdon: Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978 0415608688, 208 p. With the possible emergence of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015,...
China Inherits Obama’s Nightmare
As NATO withdraws from Afghanistan, the continuing terrorism emanating from there and Pakistan has become a security threat to China Two weeks before Barack Obama took his first oath of office...