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Interview – Christiane Fröhlich

Christiane Fröhlich explores the relationship between climate change, human mobility and conflict, as well as the role governments and policymakers play. http://dlvr.it/SrRH9m

How are Textbooks in India Reproducing the Coloniality of Knowledge?

In India, textbooks create a postcolonial citizen with limited control over their own history and the Hindu narrative is deemed acceptable, with alternatives being ‘othered’. http://dlvr.it/SrMmqS

Analysing EU Foreign Policy on Russia before the 2022 Invasion of Ukraine

A change in power image resulting from militarisation would restrain Europe’s normative impulses and introduce greater cognitive flexibility to policymaking. http://dlvr.it/SrMKgx

Interview – Andrei Tsygankov

Andrei Tsygankov reflects on Russia's development as a global actor, and the ways it is perceived and potentially misunderstood in the international community. http://dlvr.it/SrCBTq

A Lineage of White Insurgency: US Capitol Attack and the Lost Cause

The insurrection attempt cannot be understood without considering America’s history of White supremacy, particularly the Lost Cause of the Confederacy narrative. http://dlvr.it/Sr6rMw

Retaining Ambiguity and Protecting Taiwan’s Democracy

A diplomatic approach premised on political symbolism and strategic ambiguity, rather than dollar diplomacy, is the least worst path for Taiwan to follow. http://dlvr.it/Sr1jrl

Review – The Tragic Mind

Robert Kaplan compellingly describes the need to study good foreign policy making through the lens of tragedy, but is occasionally over-rationalistic in his approach. http://dlvr.it/Sqxqzr

Opinion – Twitter as an Orwellian Global Editor

Twitter’s current editorial role suggests the reproduction of geopolitical power dynamics, with its increasingly visible bilateral cooperation with states and their (political) requests. http://dlvr.it/SqvvRP

Thinking Global Podcast – Michael Kugelman

Michael Kugelman explores both the international and regional dynamics of contemporary South Asian politics with the team, focussing on Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. http://dlvr.it/SqvRbj

Introducing: Something Was Wrong

The hardest true crime story to report on is… your own. The sixteenth season of Something Was Wrong features host Tiffany Reese’s firsthand account of surviving a childhood mired with abuse and uncertainty, and the eventual murder of her beloved baby brother, Bobby. Tiffany uncovers layers of her family’s secret history throughout the season. Her goal is to use her own experience to continue empowering victims of manipulation, coercion, familial abuse, and police brutality, as well as enhance the safe, victim-centered space she has already cultivated. In season sixteen, listeners will come to understand Tiffany’s truly personal stake in victim advocacy. Listen to Something Was Wrong: Wondery.fm/SWW_TAL See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Review – World Ordering

Emanuel Adler provides a comprehensive account of the development of the world social order, but questions arise regarding the value of globalisation in this process. http://dlvr.it/Sqr0hh

Interview – Rohan Mukherjee

Rohan Mukherjee elaborates on the rising power of developing countries, and their journey towards greater representation in the world order. http://dlvr.it/SqqnJm

The Exploitation of Ukrainians: Additional Consequences of an Armed Conflict

The international community should continue to provide assistance to equip the Ukrainian judicial system to investigate and prosecute international crimes. http://dlvr.it/Sqjnl5

Thinking Global Podcast – Surinder Mohan

Surinder Mohan talks about the ‘complex rivalry’ of the India-Pakistan conflict and how this conflict has had a wider effect on the regional politics of Asia. http://dlvr.it/SqYLn4

Global IR and Japan: What the Absence of the Debate Implies

It is high time to review the world historical role of Japan, given not only ongoing global conflicts and tensions but also the increasing diversity in world politics. http://dlvr.it/SqR0Dc

From Deployment to Withdrawal: The C-17 Transport Plane in the Afghanistan War

Whose security the C-17 promoted or endangered varied, depending on U.S. political objectives and other components of the war’s security assemblage. http://dlvr.it/SqDxsH

Opinion – Geoff Crowther or The Birth and Politics of a Hippie Worldview

With a background influenced by pacifism and May 68 socialism, Crowther had assembled a potent worldview which was filtering into the minds of travellers throughout the world. http://dlvr.it/SqDRsT

Thinking Global Podcast – The Laid-Back Book Club

Members of the E-International Relations podcast team speak about what they have been reading recently as part of 'The Laid-Back Book Club'. http://dlvr.it/SqD1gM

Listen Now: Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried

From Wondery and Bloomberg, the makers of The Shrink Next Door, comes a new story of incredible wealth, betrayal, and what happens when “doing good” goes really, really bad. When nerdy gamer Sam Bankman-Fried rocketed to fame as the world’s richest 29-year-old, he pledged to donate his billions to good causes. But when Sam's crypto exchange FTX collapsed, billions of dollars went missing, and Sam was in handcuffs, those who knew him were left wondering — who was Sam really? A well-meaning billionaire who made a mistake? Or a calculated con man? Listen to Spellcaster: Wondery.fm/SC_TAL See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Review – Getting China Wrong

Aaron Friedberg depicts how US engagement policies with China did not comprehend the true nature of the CCP, but fails to evaluate the nature of the policies themselves. http://dlvr.it/Sq6xJl

Interview Feature – Europe and War: A Conversation with Alain Finkielkraut

Petar Popović engages in dialogue with the philosopher Alain Finkielkraut on the wider implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. http://dlvr.it/Sq2Wcb

National Imprint in IR Theory: The Global and the Exceptional of the ‘Russian Idea’

Taking civilizational diversity seriously requires recognition that the global does not exist except as a constant interaction between various local communities. http://dlvr.it/Sq1bzP

Interview – Marlene Laruelle

Marlene Laruelle describes how historical conceptions can act as a lens to analyse contemporary developments in Russia and its global political interactions. http://dlvr.it/Sq0ktc