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Introducing the Concept of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (2008)
Journal Article
Plesch, D. (2008). Introducing the Concept of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone. International Relations, 22(3), 323-329. https://doi.org/10.1177/0047117808094175

This Forum arises from a new research programme at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) centred on `Disarmament and Globalisation', of which the Middle East Weapons of Mass Des... Read More about Introducing the Concept of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone.

How the UN beat Hitler and prepared the peace (2008)
Journal Article
Plesch, D. (2008). How the UN beat Hitler and prepared the peace. Global Society, 22(1), 137-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600820701740779

The United Nations was born in 1942, defeated the Axis Powers led by Germany, Italy and Japan and created today's UN system. This reality has been lost in modern scholarship. We are taught that the Allied countries, mainly America and Britain, with t... Read More about How the UN beat Hitler and prepared the peace.

Protected Status, Sacred Sites, Black Holes and Human Agents: System, Sanctuary and Terrain Complexity (2008)
Journal Article
Innes, M. A. (2008). Protected Status, Sacred Sites, Black Holes and Human Agents: System, Sanctuary and Terrain Complexity. Civil Wars, 10(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698240701835417

The rhetoric following 11 September 2001 was full of talk of operations and battles that would be fought out of the public view, in an effort to prepare voting publics for a conflict of indeterminate scope, duration, and indeed, of place. Locational... Read More about Protected Status, Sacred Sites, Black Holes and Human Agents: System, Sanctuary and Terrain Complexity.

Convergence in Foreigners' Rights and Citizenship Policy? A Look at Japan (2008)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2008). Convergence in Foreigners' Rights and Citizenship Policy? A Look at Japan. International Migration Review, 42(3), 550-575. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008.00137.x

Citizenship laws and immigrant rights in rich, democratic countries are widely understood to be converging. Since most accounts of convergence are based on Western examples, Japan is an important test case. I distinguish three theoretical accounts of... Read More about Convergence in Foreigners' Rights and Citizenship Policy? A Look at Japan.