This is Why I Miss the Soviet Union
James Bruno, a former US diplomat argues that the unpredictable nature of Putin makes him dangerous whereas the former Soviet Union was very much predictable.
Is nuclear energy a realistic option to reduce carbon dioxide emissions?
A former Ambassador of Cuba to the International Atomic Energy Agency Jorge Morales Pedraza explores whether nuclear energy is a realistic option to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to address climate change.
Law and the Question of Human Agency
* Simon Katterl How are questions of agency – that is the capacity to choose one’s own decisions – understood in the context of law? Does it resemble our common or folk understanding of psychology? How does it fare against our best empirical accounts of human behaviour? I […]
The Decline of Sovereignty and the Rise of Human Rights
The principle of non-intervention in the affairs of states has diminished in status since the end of the Second World War in 1945. Alochonaa Editor Liam Maddrell explains what impact this has on the concept of sovereignty and how the decline of this concept has seen the rise of the ideal of ‘Human Rights’
Life imitating Bollywood: Love, murder, suicide
In modern day India the impact of the cultural realm may not necessarily be as innocuous as once believed. Dr. Irfan Ahmad draws a chilling connection between violence in Bollywood films and campus killing in Indian universities.
Being ‘Recognised’ in the Indigenous Recognition Debate
Edward Synot argues that there is a lack of alternative Indigenous voices in the constitutional recognition debate, highlighted by a recent clash between Aboriginal leaders in Brisbane.
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