Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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A Requiem for a Norm: The Decay of the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine in a Multipolar International System
Published 2022-01-27The Responsibility to Protect doctrine was designed in response to the rising concern for human security of the late 1990s. While initially, the norm was considered a significant adjustment to international behaviour, ...Open AccessThesis -
Soldiers of Fortune: A qualitative study into the effects of military provider, Private Military Companies on the domestic sovereignty of fragile African nations
Published 2022-01-27The global security environment is rapidly changing and dynamic, presenting an interesting challenge to nation states. This has created an industry for private security in which lower capacity states can increase their ...Open AccessThesis -
“Curious Passivity”: Underbalancing Behaviour In The United States’ Foreign Policy Response To Covid-19
Published 2022-01-28In 2020, the United States experienced a multifaceted threat environment. Not only was the United States one of the states worst impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is also engaged in the ongoing Sino-American competition ...Open AccessThesis -
“Beyond Politics”? A Post-political Discourse Analysis of Extinction Rebellion
Published 2022-01-27Extinction Rebellion (XR) is a social movement committed to non-violent civil disobedience to persuade governments to act on climate change. As part of this aim, it approaches climate change as a non-partisan and unifying ...Open AccessThesis -
Unearthing the Foundations of Exploitation: The Varieties of Capitalism and Forced Labour
Published 2022-01-27This thesis sought to answer how different forms of capitalism address unfree labour conditions through an analysis of a crucial case, Nestlé S.A. The thesis employed the use of the Varieties of Capitalism theory to explore ...Open AccessThesis