Up until about 2000, most of the work on gender and international relations (IR) was
nonpositivist in nature. Since 2000, there has been a burst of positivist gender/IR …

This article asks whether the concept of 'hybridity'offers a more convincing account of
security governance in Africa than the standard state-focused models. It seeks to clarify the …

Why is war so closely associated with men? Is it an expression of male nature or a product of
culture? This survey of masculinity and war considers the proposition that men are …

Women's military service in Israel presents a compelling case study to explore the meaning
of gendered citizenship. Lomsky-Feder and Sasson-Levy compellingly argue that women's …

Critical peace and conflict scholars argue that to understand fully conflict dynamics and
possibilities for peace research should incorporate 'the local'. Yet this important conceptual …

Debates imitates scholarship, which imitates debate. Using perspectives from both my policy
debate career and my research career, this article argues that the enterprise of critique …

La présente étude est la première des études annuelles menées dans le cadre du
programme de recherche «Le Burkina Faso vu par le bas» conduit par le Forum for Africa …

Wartime rape acknowledges a vital problem of war and insecurity. While the global focus on
wartime rape now follows attention to changing patterns of pressing armed conflicts …

Contrary to common assumptions, there is much to be learned about methods from
constructivist/post-structuralist approaches to International Relations (IR) broadly speaking …

Despite constituting the formal mechanism by which states and militaries persuade and
enrol their personnel, military recruitment is poorly understood in the social and political …