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Abstract: Legitimate use of force is one of the defining characteristics of a nation-state, but the United States seem determined to flip this legitimacy on...
Abstract: It may seem strange, that in the first issue of a magazine devoted to theory, there is discussion of practice. Especially when Critical Conflict...
Abstract: In Prague, there is a museum to communism, located with clever juxtaposition next to the McDonalds. In contrast to the McDonalds, the museum is not...
Abstract: I will begin with the assumption that anyone coming in contact with this entry has relatives that use e-mail. Furthermore, I suggest an additional...
Abstract: Pierre Englebert argued in a recent New York Times op-ed (as well as in a previous article with Denis Tull) for the removal of state status or...
Abstract: The growing public resentment of the mega financial institutions on Wall Street is without doubt justified as a critique and criticism of laissez-...
Abstract: After months of heated controversy, the debate over plans to build an Islamic cultural center two blocks from New York’s City’s Ground...
Abstract: Q. In REASONS TO KILL, you study the arguments that pro-war advocates have made throughout American history as we’ve mobilized for war....
Abstract: When British Petroleum’s deepwater rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing an unprecedented oil eruption and an ecological disaster, the U....
Abstract: As someone that likes to travel, I am aware that tourism, as any form of commercial venture, is itself an exploitative activity: We are using a...
Abstract: When our field begins to interact with the outside world, that is, the people in other disciplines and practices other than conflict studies, it runs...
Abstract: Judith Bulter's (2004) Precarious Life, in particular the essay "The Charge of Anti-Semitism: Jews, Israel, and the risk of public critique,...
Abstract: The recent agreement between Iran, Turkey, and Brazil is another challenge to the United States’ already fragile foreign policy ego. The...
Abstract: Žižek’s (2009) First as Tragedy, Then as Farceis yet another salvo at proponents of the liberal world order. It is by no means a rigorous...
Abstract: The United States’ use of conflict resolution practices and theories as part of its nation-building strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq requires...
Abstract: I want to begin this discussion by addressing the issue with a dose of reason, which seems to be severely lacking within this whole debate. Why do...
Abstract: There are many problems associated with retooling how America obtains its energy, more specifically, how it is generated and transmitted to the...
Abstract: As I read the Honolulu Advertiser at breakfast, an advertisement with large red bold-type font caught my eye: “Woman Found Scrubbing the Floors...
Abstract: The peace educator dreams of a class full of students who, after a flicker of insight, stand up and rush to the streets. However, as anyone...
Abstract: The subject of the study of conflict is conflict, but the subject constituted through the discourse of conflict resolution is something much...
Abstract: In the summer of 2009 I published a book arguing that conflict resolution and peacebuilding practitioners needed to work alongside business, both...
Abstract: One of the goals of Unrest is to investigate the theoretical spaces not commonly addressed in our analysis of contemporary conflict and our attempts...
Abstract: In Reform or Revolution, Luxemburg (1900, reprinted 1970) argues that the act of reform within the capitalist system, regardless of its potential to...
Abstract: In an editorial in the Washington Post titled “Where’s the American empire when we need it?” (Kaplan, n.d.), Robert D. Kaplan...
Abstract: This article explores Jacques Lacan’s four discourses (Master, University, Hysteric and Analyst) and places them in the context of conflict...
Abstract: In August of 2010, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) released a special report titled, “Graduate Education and Professional Practice...
Abstract: We drove through Over-the-Rhine on a cold Sunday morning a few weeks back in December. If Cincinnati is empty during the business week, it...
Abstract: Contrary to previous attempts at understanding the Marcuse project, Douglas Kellner states in his opening essay to Art and Liberation: The Collected...
Abstract: In Disarming Manhood; Roots of Ethical Resistance, David A.J. Richards theorizes on why some men are doomed to perpetuate patriarchy while others...
Abstract: Dear Saint Augustine, I am reading a report:They say weather is getting colderTrans-Atlantic flights maybe canceled,Over next week,And I am waiting...
Abstract: One day under a postmodern sky,Artists decided to create two organizations.Pablo Kickasso was a radical organizationDesignedBy radical...
Abstract: For the better part of 2011, I have, due to much self-interest, bugged Roi Ben-Yehuda to write a piece for Unrest. Roi is a colleague and a fantastic...
Abstract: At first appearances the proclaimed motivation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intervention to protect civilians in Libya is...
Abstract: In May, 2010, Private First Class Bradley Manning was arrested for providing vast amount of classified data containing at least 260,000 sensitive...
Abstract: “In all these events and accidents we see human activity and suffering in the foreground, everywhere something which is part and parcel...
Abstract: This month a new flotilla is scheduled to set sail to Gaza. As will be recalled, in May 2010 a violent confrontation at sea between Israeli naval...
Abstract: It seems that we missed a hell of a conference.In March 2009, in response to an invitation issued by Costas Douzinas, director of the Birkbeck...
Abstract: This essay aims to provide a conceptual integration of deliberative, i.e. communicative approaches to conflict transformation with discursive, i.e....
Abstract: ‘Twitter Revolution’[1], ‘Facebook Revolution’[2], ‘Revolution 2.0’[3] – mainstream Western media headlines...
Abstract: June 24, 2011 marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Elise Boulding.[i] Among the numerous contributions by Boulding to the field of Peace...
Abstract: Let me begin this essay with a riddle: what is the difference between Ron Paul and Ralph Nader? They are both septuagenarian advocates of extremist...
Abstract: Recently, President Obama’s drone campaign in Libya has demonstrated open defiance, if not disregard, for moral and legal frameworks in...
Abstract: In a moment of true classiness, on January 24th, 2011, a representative of the Toronto Police made a public statement that “women should avoid...
Abstract: There are numerous ways to look at a technology like Twitter and try, somewhat in vein, to describe just what it is and just what it might do. Some...
Abstract: For many, summer holidays involve camping in a national park, tanning on a beach, or perhaps soaking up culture in a European city. If this sounds a...
Abstract: Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth (originally published in 1961) is an enlightening and yet deeply troubling book. In advocating for the...
Abstract: All movements, whether reform or revolutionary, face a common dilemma as they attempt to grow beyond their founders. New participants must be...
Abstract: Last summer while on assignment in Mozambique, I had the opportunity to visit the UNHCR Refugee camp in Nampula Province. The camp was set up in the...
Abstract: I’ve been struggling lately – as a student, teacher, activist, writer, vegetarian, wife, you name it. More accurately, I’ve...
Abstract: Every four years in American society, critical theorists are offered a veritable human circus of entertainment, as we bear witness to the farce of...
Abstract: “To protect my position, my corner, my lair,
while we out here, say the hustler’s prayer.
If the game shakes me or break me
I hope it...
Abstract: There is famous church in Israel, in the town of Abu Gosh, known as the Crusader Church of the Resurrection. I visited it fifty-plus years ago...
Abstract: The continued persistence of the Occupy movement is likely both heartening and challenging for readers of Unrest. Heartening because many of us, I...
Abstract: Erdoğan is, perhaps, one of the most controversial topics in Turkey, Europe, and some parts of the Middle East. For those who are unfamiliar, Recep...
Abstract: Or how I’m getting to know my neighborhood from the ground up and share it with the world.Decay + DC (a Tumblr photoblog http://unrestmag...
Abstract: In a little less than two months, the year 2012 will draw to a close and so will the Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign. Whether or...
Abstract: “You know, this is the first time in history when we’ll have the choice to vote for a Muslim or a Mormon as president.”“He...
Abstract: The Coming Turn Toward the Goal of Radical TransformationThe editors of Unrest Magazine asked me to write briefly about the future of...
Abstract: The rush to write profound things about Boston is now under way, but the week of April 15, 2013 was a shit week for humanity. Devastating earthquakes...
Abstract: Thank you very much for the most generous welcome and indeed the very generous words from everybody. It is really great to be here, because, as...
Abstract: Warning: This article is not for the faint of heart or “do-gooders.” It is written so as to engender (pun intended), unrest....
Abstract: For those new to contemporary, post-Seattle/WTO anarchism, CrimethInc. may not be a term all too familiar. For the rest of us, these folks are...
Abstract: “Foucault argues that since we can only have a knowledge of things if they have a meaning, it is...
Abstract: The magnitude of the social phenomenon of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is a daunting humanitarian challenge with upwards of twenty-eight...
Abstract: Introduction: Redefining the focus of diplomatic engagementThe extensive use of chemical weapons in Syria, the commitment and readiness expressed by...
Abstract: Once again, with the United States on the brink of war with Syria, we are arguing about the wrong issues. The problem is not that these issues are...
Abstract: Editor’s Note: Irakli originally sent us this essay right after the Boston Marathon Bombing. Unfortunately, it fell at a time when...
Abstract: On May 6, 2013, people all over the world were captivated by the rescue of three young women held in captivity for over ten years in Cleveland, Ohio...
Abstract: If a mischievous teenager provides matches, gasoline and bags of old newspaper to a pyromaniac-prone child, and that child goes on to set alight some...
Abstract: Welcome to Voices. This is our first program in Unrest Magazine’s new audio series. Voices is a space where Unrest gets to speak with...
Abstract: “The Poet is a kinsman in the clouds, Who scoffs at archers, loves a stormy day; But on the ground, among the hooting crowds, He cannot walk,...
Abstract: Unrest Magazine began its insurrection in the halls of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (now the School for Conflict...
Abstract: Recently, the United States government shut down for a short period of time.[1] Judging from mainstream analysis there was plenty of blame to go...
Abstract: Conflict Resolution educators most often seek “realistic” representations and exercises in an attempt to prepare students for practice in...
Abstract: Nino Chubinishvili has created her own Alter-Modern world in Tbilisi. She is not self-described adherent of Deleuzian Multiplicities or Hardt...
Abstract: I talked to my friend today:He has peed with Salman Rushdie and got to know him in Toilet. It has made his day – to pee with the classic of...