Rational means exercising reason and sound judgment. In international relations theory the rational actor model is that when making a decision the rational decision maker takes into account the foreign policy goals of the nation and determines which one takes priority over others. Then the decision maker weighs up the […]

To most people in the UK, the gun debate in the US is a complete mystery. It seems obvious to us that less guns should equate to less gun-related deaths. But to Americans, the debate is about much more than that.