theriskyshift.com http://theriskyshift.com Comment, analysis, debate and essays on international relations and politics Tue, 21 May 2013 16:51:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Welcome to Debrief, a new podcast series from TheRiskyShift.com. We’ll be bringing you exclusive conversations with some of the sharpest minds in academia, policy, and government on the hottest issues facing your world today. These candid and thought provoking discussions aim to provide expert perspectives in a conversational format, furthering our organizational commitment to connect journalism and scholarship. theriskyshift.com no theriskyshift.com info@theriskyshift.com info@theriskyshift.com (theriskyshift.com) © theriskyshift.com Debrief: the podcast series from theriskyshift.com the risky shift, risky shift, TRS theriskyshift.com http://theriskyshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/TRS-logo-700x700.png http://theriskyshift.com Worldwide Fortnightly I negoziati in Kosovo: quale futuro? http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/i-negoziati-in-kosovo-quale-futuro/ http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/i-negoziati-in-kosovo-quale-futuro/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:51:04 +0000 Dominic Baldwin http://theriskyshift.com/?p=9937 La situazione della sovranità kosovara, che tocca nervi scoperti nel complesso panorama diplomatico degli stati della ex Jugoslavia, rimane ancora centrale. li osservatori internazionali saranno sollevati dalla prospettiva di un accordo senza precedenti sulla questione del Kosovo; le misure da adottare, però, rischiano di risolvere alcune questioni (per il momento) e generarne altre. Ci sono [...]

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]]> http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/in-morte-della-guerra-fredda/feed/ 0 The F1 Event in Bahrain: A Lost Chance For The Opposition http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/the-f1-event-in-bahrain-a-lost-chance-for-the-opposition/ http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/the-f1-event-in-bahrain-a-lost-chance-for-the-opposition/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 16:49:25 +0000 David Hurden http://theriskyshift.com/?p=9906 How did the revolutionaries use this event to raise more awareness or invite foreign support? A large-scale protest that disrupted the logistics or running of the race would have obviously grabbed some headlines and will have certainly embarrassed the Bahraini security forces. uch to the chagrin of organisations like Amnesty International the F1 event in [...]

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]]> http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/the-f1-event-in-bahrain-a-lost-chance-for-the-opposition/feed/ 0 Come la corruzione minaccia le conquiste democratiche della Libia http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/come-la-corruzione-minaccia-le-conquiste-democratiche-della-libia/ http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/come-la-corruzione-minaccia-le-conquiste-democratiche-della-libia/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 11:26:45 +0000 Houssem Tefiani http://theriskyshift.com/?p=9909 Solo una riforma globale del settore petrolifero potrà dimostrare la concreta volontà di combattere la corruzione e le pratiche illecite in Libia. Così facendo non solo si promuoverebbe l’immagine di una ‘governance responsabile’, ma aumenterebbe anche la fiducia che i libici ripongono nelle nascenti istituzioni democratiche. fine marzo, il ministro della Giustizia libico Salah Margani [...]

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]]> http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/cbrn-weapons-and-non-state-actors/feed/ 0 Un bagno d’umiltà per la scienza economica http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/un-bagno-dumilta-per-la-scienza-economica/ http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/un-bagno-dumilta-per-la-scienza-economica/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 09:25:43 +0000 Gianluca Cafagna http://theriskyshift.com/?p=9893 A partire da una riflessione sull’assenza di soddisfacenti correttivi economici post crisi e sulle forti divergenze tra gli esponenti delle principali teorie economiche, l’articolo propone due riflessioni alla complessa domanda: “Come mai la scienza economica non è stata in grado di prevedere e di dare risposte alla crisi?” cinque anni dall’inizio della crisi del 2008 [...]

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]]> http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/un-bagno-dumilta-per-la-scienza-economica/feed/ 4 Is K-Pop Failing to Connect With Australians? http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/is-k-pop-failing-to-connect-with-australians/ http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/is-k-pop-failing-to-connect-with-australians/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 09:43:25 +0000 Mabel Kwong http://theriskyshift.com/?p=9671 There are speculative reasons as to why many Australians are not warming towards K-pop. Perhaps the colourful, sometimes ridiculous outfits worn by K-pop artists – looking immaculately beautiful is part of this industry – turn some away, especially those who are avid fans of music. he K-pop wave has been fiercely lashing Australian shores over the [...]

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]]> http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/is-k-pop-failing-to-connect-with-australians/feed/ 0 Se lo stupro rovina i colpevoli: il caso di Steubenville in Ohio http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/se-lo-stupro-rovina-i-colpevoli-il-caso-di-steubenville/ http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/se-lo-stupro-rovina-i-colpevoli-il-caso-di-steubenville/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 09:38:16 +0000 Catherine Connolly http://theriskyshift.com/?p=9871 Il caso di Steubenville è un esempio lampante di quanto la cultura dello stupro sia radicata nella società odierna: basterebbero a dimostrarlo le foto e i video dei colpevoli, ansiosi di immortalare la propria bestialità. La lotta alla cultura dello stupro dipende anche dal contributo dei media. a notte dell’11 agosto 2012, a Steubenville, in Ohio, [...]

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]]> http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/russias-green-light/feed/ 0 A Realistic Assessment of Nuclear Disarmament http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/a-realistic-assessment-of-nuclear-disarmament/ http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/a-realistic-assessment-of-nuclear-disarmament/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 07:45:46 +0000 Dimitrios Machairas http://theriskyshift.com/?p=9793 This essay focuses on three main criteria/assumptions in order to evaluate whether abolition is a desirable policy goal for the international community: the capacity of nuclear weapons to deter external threats, the possibility of nuclear terrorism, and the prospect of intensified worldwide proliferation. ith the nuclear disarmament agenda being increasingly brought to the fore of [...]

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]]> http://theriskyshift.com/2013/05/girlfriend-in-a-coma-viaggio-in-tre-atti-in-ventanni-ditalia/feed/ 0 La paura al potere http://theriskyshift.com/2013/04/la-paura-al-potere/ http://theriskyshift.com/2013/04/la-paura-al-potere/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:51:25 +0000 Marzio Maria Cimini http://theriskyshift.com/?p=9785 Siamo mai usciti dallo stato di natura hobbesiano in cui la vita dell’uomo è “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”? Quanto ancora durerà l’hegeliano stato d’eccezione che dalla paura scaturisce e alla paura torna per legittimare la natura fondamentalmente monopolistica ed oppressiva del potere?  l mese che dolcemente muore è stato un periodo di ‘terrore’: come dopo [...]

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