In this research the foreign policy discourse surrounding the Cuban embargo policies is investigated. Because of its puzzling continuity, the objective of this research is to clarify this continuity of the embargo policies ...

Analysing intergovernmental decision making on common foreign policy of the European Union. The case of the European Union's Anti-Piracy Mission

In 2015, a new international organization came into existence: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a new multilateral development bank (MDB). Founded by a wide array of countries, from Asia and outside the ...

Modern realists are keen on using Russia’s increasingly assertive foreign policy posture to argue for the realist nature of international politics. In an attempt to gauge the cogency of such claims, this research applies ...

This research, written as part of Amnesty International The Netherland’s ‘Strategic Studies Project’, is aimed at explaining why Brazil does not comply with international norms on indigenous peoples’ rights, although this ...

Competition policy in the CARIFORUM Partnership Agreement

Although media influence on foreign policy has gathered scientific interest since the late 80’s, the focus of scholars has stayed with defense and intervention policies. Little research has been conducted on foreign policy ...

Since 2007 far-reaching socio-economic reforms have been implemented in Cuba, which seem to indicate a transformation away from direct state intervention towards a more free-market attitude in areas like agriculture, housing ...

In the year 2013, threats originating in cyberspace for the first time in history topped the Global Threat Assessment of the United States Director of National Intelligence (DNI), a list naming the most pressing national ...