Metro East - Central

Ideational factors are fundamental in most explanations of international politics, with both rationalists and constructivists referring to them frequently. http://dlvr.it/S0mMG4

An international perspective creates a counter-narrative on migration that stands out from state-centered discourses on irregularity and fights against abuses. http://dlvr.it/S0jndn

The vaccination campaign, and ultimately Covid-19 itself, have been used as an attempt to legitimize the populist governing style of the president. http://dlvr.it/S0cWp0

Spatial justice should entail a reconstruction model that restores the relationship of inhabitants to places so that return does not become alienation. http://dlvr.it/S0YJDk

The economic value of Israel's Chinese links are not sufficient to match the comprehensive nature of the US-Israeli partnership. http://dlvr.it/S0Xfm3

Making daily, unglamourous investments to build capacity, shift power, and give credit where credit is due may be the only way the mountain of colonization ever moves. http://dlvr.it/S0S6PX

Diverging energy dependency and bilateral agreements between the EU's member states and Russia hinder its ability to project foreign energy policy as a unified body. http://dlvr.it/S0S6Kw

We seek contributors for an open access book to bring together a range of chapters that reflect upon the state of global, regional and national politics in the 21st century within the context of post-truth. http://dlvr.it/S0NrZB

State actors strategically construct the notion of responsibility in controversial international areas aiming to legitimize their international stances and behaviors with/against others. http://dlvr.it/S0NDRg

Military honor is a concept that elicits an interpretive attitude and therefore can evolve to accommodate new contents and meanings. http://dlvr.it/S0NDLY

Incorporating socio-cultural dimensions is essential to stimulate tacit reconciliation in deep-rooted identity conflicts such as in Bosnia. http://dlvr.it/S0H35n

An important feature of North Korea’s hybrid strategy is that it is continuously adapting to ever-changing circumstances, and as such it has not become outdated. http://dlvr.it/S0BlfG

Local and international actors have historically influenced trends and dynamics of inter-communal relations in the multi-ethnic Rakhine State of Myanmar. http://dlvr.it/S0Blf0

Failing states present favorable conditions for the settlement of terrorist groups but do not necessarily entail a casual link with terrorism. http://dlvr.it/S0BMyn

Sharmila Pamanand discusses the gendered dynamics of human trafficking, efforts to stop trafficking, and the transnational role of the female migrant. http://dlvr.it/S04lTp

We live in a global system that constantly pushes one towards silencing non-Western voices and rendering their contributions invisible. http://dlvr.it/S03VpS

An alternative reading suggests that Wen believes that liberal universal values are worth fighting for – even in the context of China’s current repressive system. http://dlvr.it/S03VkG

It is imperative for EU to not succumb into irrelevance by becoming a toothless tiger in order to eventually be a truly strategic global geopolitical actor. http://dlvr.it/RzzPyk

Palestinian-Israeli gay relations depicted in Israeli cinema serve to pinkwash, or use liberal queer ideology, to diminish the violent occupation of Palestine. http://dlvr.it/RzyGj4

Backed by economic advancement and the rise of China, the collective power of BRICS and its regional influence could grow to challenge Western domination in the future. http://dlvr.it/RzwgNd

Educating children and society that exploitation is immoral and demonstrating tolerance, equality and human dignity is the only way to end the Kafala mentality. http://dlvr.it/RztHz2

Two young Silicon Valley entrepreneurs set out to rid the world of smoking with an incredible new product. The device stands to disrupt the tobacco industry and make them rich, until it falls into the wrong hands and lives are ruined. From classrooms to hospitals, boardrooms to the Oval Office, what can be done to protect teenagers and is it too late? From Laura Beil, the reporter behind Dr Death and Bad Batch, comes The Vaping Fix, the inside story of the rise of Juul and the making of a crisis. Listen to the Vaping Fix: wondery.fm/VF_ApologyLine

The Arctic is open for business. This paper evaluates the behavior of Arctic states, specially the US and Russia, in an era of newly emerging opportunities and threats. http://dlvr.it/RzptPb

The Sino-Iranian agreement will help to bypass U.S. global economic power and increase Iranian economic efforts. http://dlvr.it/RznsVg

Josua Busby talks about climate security, the role of militaries in achieving it, those most at risk from climate change, and he looks ahead to COP26. http://dlvr.it/RzmPpX

From times of empire to the current Brexit fiasco, it has been the lower parts of society that pay for the mistakes of the elites – and yet it is also the latter who make history. http://dlvr.it/Rzl0Bh

Simulations can build professional character based on autonomy, collaboration, responsibility, and empathy. http://dlvr.it/Rzl08f

With the recent incorporation of different forms of political contestation into the definition of war, the division between war and peace is essentially dissolved. http://dlvr.it/RzjfQf

Amidst a paradigm shift from ‘Asia-Pacific’ to 'Indo-Pacific’, a question that arises is how far are we from an order that might reshape the norms of international trade? http://dlvr.it/RzgvRM

The implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda via Security Council Resolution 1325 has the potential to advance gender in UN peacekeeping missions in Africa. http://dlvr.it/RzfZ82

Learning clusters can cultivate a deeper learning structure, imparting local know-how, and implicitly teach normative dimensions that are central to a sense of global citizenship. http://dlvr.it/Rzdy1Z

It is time to listen to those who are crying out for protection and finally hold Myanmar’s generals accountable for their crimes. http://dlvr.it/RzXD6w

North and South Korean leaders alike pine for reunification, yet the peaceful realization of this aspiration remains in doubt due to nuclear proliferation and human rights violations in the North. http://dlvr.it/RzWkwT

The consequence of homocolonialism can obstruct the radical queer politics that have challenged the oppressive forces of the gendered and heterosexed nation-state. http://dlvr.it/RzVnSK

Even though COVID-19 developments set states and economies further apart, a new push from the Biden administration can partially restore confidence in multilateral endeavours. http://dlvr.it/RzTjX1

Victor Khodayar-Pardo discusses his work for the United Nations, including the organisation's response to Covid-19, environmental issues and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. http://dlvr.it/RzTHBT

Kurdish women and feminism constitute a force of resistance against patriarchy and domination through the conjunction of democratic confederalism and military resistance. http://dlvr.it/RzSkvb

The first condition for de-sectarianization is the end to external competitive intervention in Syria’s conflict. Much will depend on what dominant national identity is constructed to replace (or restore) Arabism. http://dlvr.it/RzPlcg

At their core, English language teachers (and their IR active learning compatriots) believe that more people should be empowered to speak, and should help others find their voice. http://dlvr.it/RzP2dQ

The world powers who are currently negotiating with Iran need to explore the prospects of drawing in the GCC to explore wider solutions. http://dlvr.it/RzHMSz

Latin America provides relevant context for the implications of a climate debt scheme given its high levels of foreign debt and significant export of natural resources. http://dlvr.it/RzGqj3

The value of political science in general stems from the creation of informed citizens who see the world with empathy, with humility, but with hope in their own agency. http://dlvr.it/RzGC4r

Erik Jones talks about the EU's response to the Covid-19 pandemic, multinational governance, economic disparities, and the future of European integration. http://dlvr.it/RzB6wD

The dominance of patriarchal sociocultural values continues to undermine prospects for women to aspire towards or thrive within foreign policy oriented spaces. http://dlvr.it/Rz9SLB

There is a wide range of possible trade policies Biden might adopt, and it is not yet apparent which of those possibilities he will choose. http://dlvr.it/Rz60pX

It is our pedagogical duty to teach future graduates of IR programs how to be ontologically plural and endow them with the crucial life skill of ontological resilience and versatility. http://dlvr.it/Rz5Lmx

The COVID-19 pandemic has subjected solidarist order to pluralist transformation by stripping international summits of their performative role in diplomacy. http://dlvr.it/Rz5LgP

Contributions of non-Western states challenge narratives about the natural expansion of international society or the construction of a solely Western global order. http://dlvr.it/Rz20YT

Experimental Learning, when combined with didactic learning, can challenge and (re)form both the instructor and student understanding of what counts as knowledge and expertise. http://dlvr.it/Rz1L6t

Listen now: wondery.fm/CC_ApologyLine The events of April 20th, 1999 shaped our nation and altered the American narrative. One of America’s deadliest school shootings took place in a small town in Colorado, leaving thirteen dead and another twenty-one severely injured. And it was all broadcast over national tv for the nation to see.  The second season of Confronting takes on one of the most prolific tragedies in American history: the Columbine High School massacre. It was a devastating example of how easily a place of learning, familiarity and peace can descend into a war zone of chaos in a moment, the teenagers present that day are now adults who bear the mental and physical scars of the carnage they lived through. Amy Over, a Columbine survivor who is still living with its aftermath and raising her own children in its shadow, confronts many of the realities, questions and myths that surround the massacre to this day. Amy, through her own experience and by speaking with survivors, i

There are an abundance of alternative pedagogical techniques which can help educators formulate innovative, participatory, and efficient ways of teaching IR as a profession. http://dlvr.it/RyxQGw

The Assad regime’s securitisation and violent crackdowns led to "counter-sectarianisation" in the Sunni opposition, accelerating Syria’s descent into a civil war. http://dlvr.it/RywSxp