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Interview – Jessica Cheung

Jessica Cheung discusses her research on feminist foreign policy, tensions between foreign and domestic policy, and the challenges early careeer researchers face. http://dlvr.it/S4j1NS

Review – Europe and America: The End of the Transatlantic Relationship?

The differences on display in Cornwall and the damage done to transatlantic relations by the Trump era are the main topics explored in Federiga Bindi’s 2019 edited volume. http://dlvr.it/S4gyky

Unthinkable and Invisible International Relations

Attempts at addressing the Eurocentrism of the field have predominantly focused on how to make present what was absented from the narrative of the making of the international. http://dlvr.it/S4gTm2

Narratives of Violence: The Hong Kong Protests Through Opposing Media Outlets

Two media outlets, the Guardian and the People’s Daily, are markedly different in their portrayal of violence during the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests. http://dlvr.it/S4cLdt

The Appeals and the Limits of Digital Education in the Post-Covid Era

Contrary to the views of its exponents, online teaching neither reduces educational costs nor enhances the learning capacity of students. http://dlvr.it/S4YPgB

Introducing The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra

Hosted and narrated by John Stamos, The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra is a complicated, nuanced story of one imperfect man trying to redeem himself by pulling off the perfect crime. Did you ever feel like everything’s broken, and it’s your job to fix it? That’s how Barry Keenan was feeling back in 1963. He was broke, unemployed, hooked on booze and pills, and his family was falling apart. Barry needed a miracle. And against all odds, he got one. One day the voice of God came over the radio in Barry’s car and told him there was a simple solution to all his problems: all he had to do was kidnap Frank Sinatra, Jr. For the first time ever, Barry Keenan shares his version of the bizarre story in his own words, from beginning to end. This is just a preview of The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra, but you can listen to full episodes at wondery.fm/TGS_TheApologyLine. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info

ISIS’ Use of Sexual Violence as a Strategy of Terrorism in Iraq

The case of the Yazidi community provides evidence on how terrorist groups can resort to sexual violence as a strategy of ethnic cleansing. http://dlvr.it/S4TrZP

Military Conscription and Its Role in Shaping a Nation

Switzerland and Singapore are case studies to show that in specific situations military conscription can increase social cohesion and help the nation-building process. http://dlvr.it/S4Q3RJ

Ontological Insecurity: A Case Study on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Jerusalem

Under ontological security theory, Jerusalem engages in securitization in an effort to protect and solidify Israeli identity, resulting in Israeli-Palestinian conflict. http://dlvr.it/S4JzDK

Review – Hans Kelsen’s Political Realism

Schuett's work highlights Kelsen's often overlooked contributions to IR, but raises questions over the conflation of strands of realist thought and the pessimism of mid-century thinkers. http://dlvr.it/S4D3sm

Interview – Alan Philps

Alan Philps talks about his career in journalism, current challenges facing journalists, Britain's role in the world, and the US approach to climate change. http://dlvr.it/S47WG0

Where Angels Fear to Tread: How to Make Global Business Responsible

As Keynes suggested, a market economy will not benefit all of society until such time as we can get rid of capitalism's objectionable features. http://dlvr.it/S42bfB

Opinion – The Hypocrisy of the UK Government’s Plans for Girl’s Education in the Global South

Girls‘ education is instrumentalised to mask deep financial cuts for aid agencies and shift the burden of responsibility. http://dlvr.it/S42bcs

The South Tyrol Model: Ethnic Pacification in a Nutshell

The arrangement of the autonomous area may provide a counter-model to the return of political tribalism in the clothes of ethnonationalism. http://dlvr.it/S426MJ

Is China Under-Exploiting One Legal Avenue in the South China Sea?

Beijing faces a legal quandary between tacitly admitting the continued ROC presence on Taiwan and not making full use of the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty. http://dlvr.it/S3w0tD

Adorno on Late Modernity and Unfreedom: Reflections in a Global Era

Adorno further alerts us to the threat that Fascism might reappear in novel historical forms. If he is right, all contemporary societies in late modernity contain fascist elements in one form or another. http://dlvr.it/S3sRtH

By Our Own Hands and by Theirs: Africans and the Nervousness to Belong

We must move beyond partisanship and forge a truly inclusive place on our own terms where Africans can finally belong, exist without being erased. http://dlvr.it/S3rt8J

Interview – Vincenc Kopeček

Vincenc Kopeček explores the key issues at the core of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the role of civil society, as well as his work on de facto states. http://dlvr.it/S3qpkV

‘NGOization’: From Activism to Advocacy

NGOs have moved from 'engaging with' to 'talking about' social and political concerns – reshaping the paradigms of social action and political change. http://dlvr.it/S3nm8p

Opinion – The ICC and Non-State Actors in the Xinjiang Crisis

Amidst inaction, Beijing will have more opportunities to use its influence on the international community to stop investigations and deflect accusations. http://dlvr.it/S3nB3z

Nagorno-Karabakh: The Endless Conflict in the Black Garden

For Nagorno-Karabakh, any conflict resolution strategy will have to move consciously between what is possible and what cannot be influenced. http://dlvr.it/S3kXnn

Opinion – Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez’s Diplomatic Mishap Amidst Crisis

Amidst the social and economic decay brought by the once celebrated engineers of neoliberalism, Argentina is descending further into crisis. http://dlvr.it/S3gcwG

Wondery Presents: Killer Psyche

When a shocking crime occurs, people ask “WHY?” Was it about power, ego, or revenge? On KILLER PSYCHE, former FBI criminal profiler Candice DeLong draws on her decades of experience to reveal why these murderers and criminals committed these acts. She will reveal fascinating new details about what drove these people, including cases she worked on first-hand. Listen to Killer Psyche at: wondery.fm/KP_TheApologyLine See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Multidisciplinary Approaches to Security: The Paris School and Ontological Security

Acknowledging the importance of routines for ontological security and considering them as part of the habitus of an actor represents a valuable asset to field of security. http://dlvr.it/S3cBTC

Analyzing Views of the Ease of Legal Immigration from Mexico into the US

Different perspectives between Americans and Mexicans on legal pathways into the U.S. affect the development of cohesive immigration reform. http://dlvr.it/S3Vt5L

Recreating a Nation’s Identity Through Symbolism: A Chinese Case Study

Mao's desire for a cultural change in China was an attempt to retain his power within the Communist Party, but his errors in final years overshadowed his achievements. http://dlvr.it/S3Vt3W

Review – Warlord Survival: The Delusion of Statebuilding in Afghanistan

Malejacq's book presents a lively and detailed narrative of four significant 'warlords' and how they demonstrate the failings of external statebuilding in Afghanistan. http://dlvr.it/S3NKzK

Interview – Hurricane Kimchi and Ali Zahoor

Hurricane Kimchi and Ali Zahoor talk LGBTQ+ activism and drag art in South Korea and internationally. http://dlvr.it/S3NKyx

Kill Empowerment: The Proliferation of Remotely Piloted Vehicles

The US and Israel dominated the initial wave of drone proliferation, yet others have since joined in supplying weaker states with the lethal instruments in what constitutes a second wave. http://dlvr.it/S3NKvf

Fragmentation, Back Channels, and Hurting Stalemates in the Oslo Accords

Fragmentation during the Intifada demonstrates that while fragmentation is not inherently a positive attribute in civil war, it can be applied in future conflicts. http://dlvr.it/S39gtc

Digital Trade as a Global South Challenge

To navigate tensions surrounding big tech, the Global South must define common interests and devise better-coordinated actions regarding digital infrastructure, protocols, security, and inclusion. http://dlvr.it/S38Sbp

Opinion – The Gendered Face of Violence and Erasure in Kashmir

To think of woman soldiers stationed in Kashmir as gender liberation seeks to make invisible the violence that is central to the Indian State’s presence in and control over Kashmir. http://dlvr.it/S38SbX

European Union Readmission Agreements: Deportation as a Gateway to Displacement?

Despite using terms such as ‘return’, ‘removal’, and ‘readmission,’ the EU subjugates individuals by enforcing them to another re-displacement through deportation. http://dlvr.it/S34qxd

The Implementation of Mexico’s Refugee, Complementary Protection and Political Asylum Law

The US has conditioned Mexico’s refugee policy to the extent that it scarcely reflects the law. http://dlvr.it/S34qtv

Identity in International Conflicts: A Case Study of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Looking at the Cuban Missile Crisis and the role of US and Soviet identity, poststructuralism provides the most compelling account of identity’s role in international conflicts http://dlvr.it/S2xswH

Assessing the Responsibility of EU Officials for Crimes Against Migrants in Libya

There is a need to assess the implications of the EU’s collaboration with Libya, not as an international organization but as an individual agent. http://dlvr.it/S2wDWG

Gendered Border Practices and Violence at the United States-Mexico Border

Aggressive gendered border practices and violence have been part of the construction of the US-Mexico border as women's bodies and sexual identity shape today's border policies. http://dlvr.it/S2wDSy

Interview – Chamindra Weerawardhana

Chamindra Weerawardhana discusses decolonial intersectional feminist epistemology, transfeminist politics, LGBTIQ+ rights in South Asia, activism and decolonising peacebuilding. http://dlvr.it/S2rLBF

Review – We Are Bellingcat

In this accessible and engaging read, Higgins outlines the history of his organisation and highlights some effective online investigation tools availble to citizens. http://dlvr.it/S2qmnB