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The opportunities of using artificial intelligence in statecraft point to the parallel emergence of serious challenges that will have to be addressed. http://dlvr.it/St1tvs

Mauricio Palma-Gutiérrez discusses migration and displacement in South America, focussing specifically on the practices of those states along the South American Andes. http://dlvr.it/St0MQM

Perception of women as a nation's reproducers justifies and motivates strategic sexual violence against them in, and even after, ethno-nationalist wars. http://dlvr.it/Sszwdb

More than a decade since Michael Jackson’s death, his legacy remains complicated and unresolved. Think Twice: Michael Jackson is an exploration of the King of Pop’s life and impact – and an investigation into why his global influence continues to endure, despite the disturbing allegations against him. In this ten-part series, journalists Leon Neyfakh and Jay Smooth bring you a new perspective on the Michael Jackson story, based on dozens of original interviews with people who watched it unfold from up close. Listen wherever you listen to podcasts. You can binge all ten episodes of Think Twice: Michael Jackson, ad-free on the Amazon Music or Audible: Wondery.fm/Think_Twice See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The World Bank faces mounting pressure to prioritize climate change as its new overarching mission. Tackling climate change will require significant adjustments to its investments and institutional orientation. http://dlvr.it/SsyLxV

Max Koffi explains the aims of the Equal Trade Alliance and how the redesign of trade relations could reduce poverty and the impact of climate change on Africa. http://dlvr.it/SsxmT3

The Fascist invasion of Abyssinia foregrounded the political function of air to the construction of a racialised understanding of civilisation and international order. http://dlvr.it/SstLBG

Laura Shepherd discusses progress in the Women, Peace and Security agenda, using gender as a lens in IR, and her recent autobiographical account of life as an academic. http://dlvr.it/SsmFDc

African leaders are right to be stepping back from Africa + 1 summit diplomacy, and this may mark a move towards the continent's own ‘articulatory turn’ in global politics. http://dlvr.it/SsfpDK

The question looms large of whether the US and China can lead on tacking climate change while also navigating the geopolitical tensions caused by their geopolitical rivalry. http://dlvr.it/Ssfp82

Despite the title, the book's central theme focuses on narratives of state fragility, achieved through an innovative use of stories from those involved with the g7+. http://dlvr.it/Ssbqc1

Christoph Vogel discusses his recent book on conflict minerals in Eastern Congo, the campaign against unethical mining and the challenges of fieldwork in conflict zones. http://dlvr.it/SsXQhn

The buffer state needs to be understood as a dynamic political space wherein its agency is important in order to fully comprehend its role. http://dlvr.it/SsQgDj

With the conflict in Sudan, and the ongoing instability in South Sudan, Abyei remains stuck in an uncertain situation between two states in their own forms of uncertainty. http://dlvr.it/SsNcJV

Poliheuristic Choice Theory allows to incorporate domestic matters into the analysis of the India’s strategy in Indo-US civilian nuclear deal negotiations. http://dlvr.it/SsNKXD

As with climate change and the waning of American hegemony, the re-emergence of a global, normalized far right will be a defining feature of the years ahead. http://dlvr.it/SsJsP0

Turkish advances towards the new alliance continue, and NATO powers have done little to counterbalance the Turkish drift towards a new ideology that threatens their disappearance from NATO altogether. http://dlvr.it/SsJP4c

Suspect is an investigative series about mislaid justice and the kinds of weighty decisions that detectives, lawyers, and jurors make every day - decisions that, once made, are almost impossible to reverse. Season 3: Five Shots in the Dark follows Leon Benson, who spent 24 years in an Indiana state prison for the 1998 murder of a young man named Kasey Schoen. His conviction hinged on the testimony of two eyewitnesses – but what if their memories turned out to be wrong? And what if the people who knew what really happened had never been allowed to speak? Suspect Season 3: Five Shots in the Dark is the story of two victims: one murdered, one sentenced to life. Follow host Matt Shaer and attorney Lara Bazelon as they investigate how the justice system failed both Leon and Kasey, and who the real killer might be. Join this unprecedented look inside the attempt to overturn a wrongful conviction and find out if justice will finally be served. Follow Suspect wherever you get your podc

Amidst the Ukraine war, NATO is becoming increasingly more diverse and divergent as an alliance and the individual approaches of member states will continue to reflect that. http://dlvr.it/SsG8YJ

Swati Parashar discusses decolonising academia, intersectionality in IR, developments in feminist research and hopes for the future of postcolonial and feminist IR. http://dlvr.it/Ss9KLb

There are enough resources to go around and the world’s dispossessed should not be put into undignified competition with each other. http://dlvr.it/Ss6zWz

Juan Romero's novel approach to the use of fear by terrorists draws on an impressive range of materials and makes a valuable contribution to the terrorism literature. http://dlvr.it/Ss6XyR

An instrumentalized treatment of children’s bodies, minds, and emotions during war triggers a series of children’s rights violations. http://dlvr.it/Ss4HT8

The inability to access information such as tweets may, perhaps, reflect an anti-democratisation of knowledge where previously the internet had opened it up to the masses. http://dlvr.it/Ss1tGd

Patricia Owens, Katharina Rietzler, Kimberly Hutchings and Sarah C. Dunstan speak about their award winning anthological volume. http://dlvr.it/SryZYn

Amit Julka talks about the notion of a citizen-centric IR, how common sense features in foreign policy, and the role of shared memory and micro-historical approaches. http://dlvr.it/Sry723

Nasser subjugated Yemen to a dialectic of security and development, thereby rationalising the expedition’s imperiality and massive violence. http://dlvr.it/Srrhrz

Studying technocratic internationalism puts the intellectual legacies of present-day international organisations into needed perspective—with exciting results. http://dlvr.it/SrpZBb

Jonathan Hillman details the growing online influence gained by China through its Digital Silk Road, but fails to effectively cover its socio-economic impacts. http://dlvr.it/SrmTRM

Putinism without Putin is the most likely post-status quo pathway for Russia, but this will be difficult to sustain. http://dlvr.it/SrgJSt

Patricia Owens, Katharina Rietzler, Kimberly Hutchings and Sarah C. Dunstan speak about their award winning anthological volume. http://dlvr.it/SrfsNv

Marissa Bridge has only had a premonition twice in her life: one was on the day in 1981 that she met “Mr. Apology.” As posters for the Apology Line appear all over New York City, callers start to leave messages that confess their deepest secrets and darkest fears. Mr Apology quickly realizes he will have to do more than just sit back and listen.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It is high time for the academy and intellectuals to take decisive action to come together and collaborate on the climate crisis. http://dlvr.it/Srbvtd

The Generation Why Podcast released its first episode in 2012 and pioneered the true crime genre in the podcasting world. Two friends, Aaron & Justin, break down theories and give their opinions on unsolved murders, controversies, mysteries and conspiracies. One of the longest running true crime podcasts out there, Generation Why has a little something for every true crime listener. Follow The Generation Why Podcast on Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Or you can listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery app. Listen here: Wondery.fm/Gen_Why See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Simon Chadwick explores the notion of a geopolitical economy of sport, the impact of Covid-19 and emerging multipolarity, and assesses the next World Cup and Olympics. http://dlvr.it/SrY3P3