‘The challenges of writing about corruption in Africa’
'Mapping Mutations in Legislation: A Bioinformatics Approach'
'Thomas More's Utopia and utopian writing in Arabic in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries'
Democratic Drain: Emigration and Democratization in the Middle East
Series: Comparative Political Economy Seminar Series
The paradox of safe areas in ethnic civil wars (IR Colloquium: MT)
After the 19th Party Congress: Xi Jinping Thought and the Future for Chinese Politics
Book Panel: Europe's Functional Constitution. A Theory of Constitutionalism Beyond the State.
*Abstract:* Constitutionalism has become a byword for legitimate government, but is it fated to lose its relevance as constitutional states relinquish power to international institutions? This book evaluates the extent to which constitutionalism, as an empirical idea and normative ideal, can be adapted to institutions beyond the state by surveying the sophisticated legal and political system of the European Union.
Thailand's Post-2014 Foreign Policy: Riding on the International Trend
Thai foreign policy is traditionally shaped by the changing international environment. The coup of 2014 has exacerbated the political conflict and powerfully prescribed the way in which the country pursued its relations with the outside world. This talk argues that changing international circumstances have allowed the military regime to entrench itself in the political realm and to exploit the latest global trend to achieve self-legitimization.