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The US Commitments to NATO in the Post-Cold War Period - A Case Study on Libya (2016)
Journal Article
Song, Y. (in press). The US Commitments to NATO in the Post-Cold War Period - A Case Study on Libya. Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 14(1), 83-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794012.2015.1125165

The recent history of the US commitment to NATO has been dominated by economic pressures, squabbles over NATO’s military performance in Afghanistan, and the apparent American preference for ‘leading from behind’ in Libya. The case study on Libya will... Read More about The US Commitments to NATO in the Post-Cold War Period - A Case Study on Libya.

Interviews as catastrophic encounters: loss and loneliness in IR research (2016)
Journal Article
Gallagher, J. (in press). Interviews as catastrophic encounters: loss and loneliness in IR research. International Studies Perspectives, 17(4), 445-461. https://doi.org/10.1111/insp.12099

The article uses psychoanalytic object relations theory to construct a way to understand why interviews in IR research – viewed here as encounters between strangers – can be felt as 'catastrophic'. The theory supports critical theoretical approaches... Read More about Interviews as catastrophic encounters: loss and loneliness in IR research.

Middle East (2016)
Book Chapter
George, N. (2016). Middle East. In E. J. Blum (Ed.), America in the World, 1776 to the Present: A Supplement to the Dictionary of American History (678-682). Charles Scribner’s Sons

The Political Economy of Sponsored Call-In Radio in Zambia (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper
Fraser, A. The Political Economy of Sponsored Call-In Radio in Zambia. Cambridge, UK

This working paper provides a context for the assessment of hopes that there might be a transformation in political accountability in Africa as a result of previously powerless and voiceless populations having their agendas strengthened via interacti... Read More about The Political Economy of Sponsored Call-In Radio in Zambia.

A Decade of Ghana: Politics, Economy and Society 2004-2013 (2015)
Book
Amoah, M., Aning, K., Annan, N., & Nugent, P. (2015). A Decade of Ghana: Politics, Economy and Society 2004-2013. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004310940

This chronology for 2004 to 2013 compiles the chapters on Ghana previously published in the Africa Yearbook. Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara. Political stability in Ghana in the last few years contrasted with dramatic developments i... Read More about A Decade of Ghana: Politics, Economy and Society 2004-2013.

Integrating global energy and climate governance: The changing role of the International Energy Agency (2015)
Journal Article
Heubaum, H., & Biermann, F. (in press). Integrating global energy and climate governance: The changing role of the International Energy Agency. Energy Policy, 87, 229-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2015.09.009

Despite the long-recognized interlinkages between global energy consumption and climate change, there has historically been only limited policy interaction, let alone integration, between the two fields. This compartmentalization is mirrored in schol... Read More about Integrating global energy and climate governance: The changing role of the International Energy Agency.

Burning Balochistan: Bombay Blowback and Pakistani Perfidy (2015)
Book Chapter
Waghmar, B. (2015). Burning Balochistan: Bombay Blowback and Pakistani Perfidy. In I. Petkovic (Ed.), Buried Human Rights, Global Geopolitics and Regional Repercussions; Balochistan in the Shadows (28-44). Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)

Chopping the world into bits: object relations theory and the good governance norm (2014)
Journal Article
Gallagher, J. (in press). Chopping the world into bits: object relations theory and the good governance norm. International Theory: A Journal of International Politics, Law and Philosophy, 6(2), 332-349. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1752971914000153

This article explores norms as idealizations, in an attempt to grasp their significance as projects for international organizations. We can think about norms as ‘standards of proper behaviour’. In this sense they are somehow natural, things to be tak... Read More about Chopping the world into bits: object relations theory and the good governance norm.

Beleaguered Balochs: Muslim Republics Murdering Muslim Minorities (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Waghmar, B. (2014, March). Beleaguered Balochs: Muslim Republics Murdering Muslim Minorities. Presented at 110th Session of the Human Rights Committee, 25th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council, Palais des Nations, United Nations, Geneva,

New Frontiers in Feminist Political Economy (2014)
Book
Rai, S. M., & Waylen, G. (Eds.). (2014). New Frontiers in Feminist Political Economy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315884745

This volume brings together the work of outstanding feminist scholars who reflect on the achievements of feminist political economy and the challenges it faces in the 21st century. The volume develops further some key areas of research in feminist po... Read More about New Frontiers in Feminist Political Economy.