General interstate warfare, that characterized so many twentieth century conflicts is increasingly becoming obsolete, except for some rare cases. Indeed, the nature of warfare has greatly shifted into something new, and perhaps into something even more dangerous for international security with...

The Nuclear Non‐Proliferation Treaty (NPT), signed in 1968, is a treaty of three main agreements concerning both nuclear weapons states and non‐nuclear weapons states, with the ultimate goal of nuclear disarmament. A number of safeguards and inspections conducted by the IAEA have been set up...

Purpose – This paper aims to recall, with specific developments in international relations, how the major powers failed to avoid prolonged political conflict that teetered for a half‐century on the brink of war. Design/methodology/approach – Evocation of developments tending to confirm...

Abstract Individual citizens can often wield considerable influence in international affairs. In 1955, prominent American journalist Norman Cousins launched an initiative to bring 25 Japanese victims of the atomic bomb to the United States to receive treatment. The U.S. State Department made...

Purpose – To review a past column to see whether some “heads‐ups” contained in it were on target or off. Design/methodology/approach – The paper take the for of an opinion column. Findings – In the words of Sam Goldwyn, “Prediction is difficult, especially about the future.”...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to recognize the richness in exploring the inter‐linkages between accounting and popular culture. Such an investigation should reap returns in not only furthering an understanding of accounting, but also the ways and means in which notions of...

Purpose – The accountant has been characterised in popular culture as dull and boring. Accounting scholarship consistently describes this stereotype as negative. The purpose of this research is to enhance our understanding of this stereotype by comparing the characterisation of the accountant...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze common emplotments of interpretations of the financial crisis of 2007‐2010. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a text analysis. Findings – The paper finds that the same “strong plots” are commonly used to explain...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the role of interdisciplinary accounting research and suggest ways of broadening its creative scope to embrace significant contemporary phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is conceptual in nature and therefore draws only on...