Problemise

The rise of the postmodern condition and its penetration into the world of international relations asks us to problemise borders, viewing them not as givens but as obstacles to emancipation.

These non-governmental institutions and actors tend to pluralise power and to problemise violence, consequently, their peaceful or civil effects are felt everywhere, here and there, afar and wide, to and from local areas, through wider regions, to the planetary level itself.

As the sources that argued that competitive pressure is a non-significant factor follow either a large-sample survey-based approach or a multiple case study design, they do not problemise why the factor was not significant, but only take it as a finding.