Abstract Benbaji and Statman’s contractarian ethics of war offers a powerful new philosophical defence orthodox conclusions against revisionist criticism. I present two-pronged argument in reply. First, contractarianism yields what call ‘decent theory,’ theory which between decent states is paradigmatic. argue, by contrast, that should treat wars indecent as paradigmatic, resulting Rawlsian alt...

Are past border changes responsible for today's civil wars? Departing from conventional, state-centric research designs, this article examines question by focusing on “aggregate” ethnic groups, which are defined independently of state borders. Introducing a new index “territorial fractionalization” that measures how fragmented such groups across states, we postulate higher fragmentation is link...

The paper seeks to analyze Vladimir Putin’s securitization of the West in his speech at a military parade Moscow’s Red Square on 9th May 2022. Thereby, article employs political discourse analysis and Copenhagen School’s theory show how Putin uses acts transform into an existential threat justify adoption extraordinary measures, such as 2022 Russian invasion Ukraine. Furthermore, research refer...

Editor’s introduction: This succinct presentation by one of the world’s great scholars of Mongolian Buddhism summarizes the challenges that Buddhism has faced and continues to face in Mongolia. Amid historical reconsideration and revisionism – and continuing propaganda – it is important to acknowledge and understand, as Dr. Wallace conveys, the enormity of repression faced by Buddhism, as Mongo...