Realism provides useful tools for dissecting state behaviour and interests, but it cannot fully account for Russia's diplomatic misfires or the moral and humanitarian dimensions of the conflict. http://dlvr.it/T4tH13
This recently uncovered 1970s film sparks discussion about the capacity of such material to be commissioned and for it to be produced, but then to vanish. http://dlvr.it/T4tGqR
If soft power is a marker of globalization, then this force of globalization appears to be subordinated to the diverging and conflicting interests of nation-states in an anarchic system. http://dlvr.it/T4dWlG
In the second part of our interview, G. John Ikenberry talks more about the Liberal International Order and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. http://dlvr.it/T4b3Xv
Hirotsugo Aida discusses key issues impacting the American Presidential election, developments in Japanese politics, and the current state of US-Japan relations. http://dlvr.it/T4Xt3Z
Reproduced violence in videos and images registers an order of grievability that fails to recognise the value of lives in the Middle East as lives. http://dlvr.it/T4WSXq
The plight of North Korean women is evident in the Kim regime’s exploitation of their labor and lack of protection for their rights, despite its rhetoric. http://dlvr.it/T4Rz3d
Darcy Leigh elucidates the need to incorporate Queer Feminist perspectives in International Relations, and the dangers of a lack of nuance when evaluating free speech. http://dlvr.it/T4Mp26
Putin can remain in office until 2036, when he will turn 84, but he will preside over a state with fewer people and dwindling resources. http://dlvr.it/T4LFXz
A comprehensive approach to the legacy of slavery and discrimination includes reparations – but also policy changes and a shift toward fairness. http://dlvr.it/T4KtMh
In the first of a two part series, G. John Ikenberry talks about the 'crisis' of the Liberal International Order and how the Russian invasion of Ukraine relates to this. http://dlvr.it/T4FMBB
We should analyse the ways in which elite cosmopolitanism came to propagate a closed reading of the world so that we can imagine cosmopolitanism anew. http://dlvr.it/T4DxVN
Jonathan Fulton details the relationship between China and the Gulf countries, taking into account factors ranging from economic prosperity to the changing oil market. http://dlvr.it/T4BTfx
Beyond the longer term importance of the Indo-Pacific, Italy’s immediate neighborhood, east and south, represents the focal point of its G7 presidency. http://dlvr.it/T48bTw
It would seem that we are entering a new chapter in which Northern Ireland’s grisly past will be further regurgitated, and probably without tangible outcomes. http://dlvr.it/T45xc5
Carolina Sandoval discusses the future of democracy in Latin America, ways to protect it, and the dynamics of migration and human rights protection in the region. http://dlvr.it/T423GY
Civilizational narratives are not the driving factors of India’s Southeast Asia policy. They also have been recurring but not dominant themes in policy making. http://dlvr.it/T3yJ3k
The international community should actively seek opportunities to cooperate with China on shared priorities such as climate change and AI. http://dlvr.it/T3wSZr
Through its constructed reductionist violent identitarian Othering of queerness, fikh and wider Islamic knowledge become rigidly ossified. http://dlvr.it/T3wSH2
Fawaz Gerges talks about Middle Eastern politics, political Islam, Pan-Arabism, Western colonialism, the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, and how peace may transpire. http://dlvr.it/T3w2rl
Andreas Wimmer expands on the concept of nation-building as it developed through history, and how it is influenced today by contemporary developments like globalisation. http://dlvr.it/T3qv3t
Post-conflict Russia is unlikely to tilt pro-Western as the country’s main priorities include the survival and reframing of historically built national values. http://dlvr.it/T3qPzG
The oceans do not pose nearly as large of an obstacle to a regional hegemon attempting to venture further outwards as they have in the past. http://dlvr.it/T3mNh7
Changes in exogenous conditions interact with North Korea's strategic culture of Juche, leading to variations in its ‘rational' security choices during the Cold War and now. http://dlvr.it/T3kTmV
Federico Merke reflects on developments in Latin American foreign policy, and the potential impacts of Argentina's new Presidency, including on regional integration. http://dlvr.it/T3dTff
Justin Hutchens explores the potential for artificial intelligence to be used for malicious ends, but focusses purely on the risks while ignoring the possible benefits. http://dlvr.it/T3dTMr
Dimitrios Stroikos speaks on security in outer space, a 'new space race’, the militarization of space, sovereignty, conflict, alongside China and India’s weapons capabilities. http://dlvr.it/T3b1xX
Trade talk in American political discourse often crowds out discussions of issues of equal or greater importance to economic strength and vitality. http://dlvr.it/T3b1jf
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The construction of climate change as a security threat confines the issue to exclusive state politics, undermining the effectiveness and legitimacy of global climate governance. http://dlvr.it/T3ZfQF
With multiple actors competing for hegemony, a country like Brazil may be able to bargain for even greater gains within the many ongoing disputes. http://dlvr.it/T3YMXT