Department of Politics and International Studies (POL)

1945’s Forgotten Insight: Multilateralism as Realist Necessity (2015)
Journal Article
Plesch, D., & Weiss, T. G. 1945’s Forgotten Insight: Multilateralism as Realist Necessity. International Studies Perspectives, 17(1), 4-16. https://doi.org/10.1093/isp/ekv013

The 70th anniversary of the signing and entry into force of the UN Charter provided an occasion to explore the historical underpinnings of contemporary global governance. This article redresses the neglect of the United Nations as a multilateral stru... Read More about 1945’s Forgotten Insight: Multilateralism as Realist Necessity.

Islamic Secularism and the Question of Freedom in Iran (2015)
Journal Article
Adib-Moghaddam, A. Islamic Secularism and the Question of Freedom in Iran. Middle East Critique, 25(1), 71-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2015.1101873

My research deals with the question of ‘freedom’ in Iran and the appropriation of ‘liberal’ ideas by influential intellectuals with an Islamic persuasion. At the same time, I am conceptualising the term ‘Islamic secularism’ with a particular emphasis... Read More about Islamic Secularism and the Question of Freedom in Iran.

Will the 21st Century be Asian? (2015)
Digital Artefact
Vinjamuri, L. Will the 21st Century be Asian?. [Audio]

Listen to this panel debate on "Will the 21st Century be Asian?" with Professor Mick Cox (LSE), Dr. Leslie Vinjamuri (SOAS), and Professor Danny Quah (LSE)

The convergence and divergence of three pillars of influence in gender and security (2015)
Journal Article
Olonisakin, '., Hendricks, C., & Okech, A. The convergence and divergence of three pillars of influence in gender and security. African Security Review, 24(4), 376-389. https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2015.1090126

This article explores the convergence between three pillars of influence – feminist security studies, civil society activism and policy decision-making – and its role in the adoption and implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (U... Read More about The convergence and divergence of three pillars of influence in gender and security.

Global Homocapitalism (2015)
Journal Article
Rao, R. (2015). Global Homocapitalism. Radical Philosophy, 194, 38-49

In this article I ask why leading institutions of global capitalism have begun to take activist stances against homophobia, and why they have done so now. Central to these initiatives is a common-sense understanding of homophobia as a cultural dispos... Read More about Global Homocapitalism.

India-Africa Summit: Will it give a new thrust to age-old ties? (2015)
Digital Artefact
Vittorini, S. India-Africa Summit: Will it give a new thrust to age-old ties?

Re-membering Mwanga: same-sex intimacy, memory and belonging in postcolonial Uganda (2015)
Journal Article
Rao, R. (2015). Re-membering Mwanga: same-sex intimacy, memory and belonging in postcolonial Uganda. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 9(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2014.970600

Proponents of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014 have denounced homosexuality as an import from the West. Yet every June, hundreds of thousands of Christian pilgrims in Uganda commemorate a set of events, the hegemonic textual accounts of which piv... Read More about Re-membering Mwanga: same-sex intimacy, memory and belonging in postcolonial Uganda.

Is the Rule of Law an Antidote for Religious Tension? The Promise and Peril of Judicializing Religious Freedom (2015)
Journal Article
Schonthal, B., Moustafa, T., Nelson, M. J., & Shankar, S. (2016). Is the Rule of Law an Antidote for Religious Tension? The Promise and Peril of Judicializing Religious Freedom. American Behavioral Scientist, 60(8), 966-986. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764215613380

Although “rule of law” is often regarded as a solution for religious conflict, this article analyzes the role of legal processes and institutions in hardening boundaries and sharpening antagonisms among religious communities. Using case studies from... Read More about Is the Rule of Law an Antidote for Religious Tension? The Promise and Peril of Judicializing Religious Freedom.

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