Metro East - Central

Cuban intelligence adeptly evolved post-Cold War by prioritizing information acquisition and alliances to safeguard its national interests. http://dlvr.it/T7gGF6

William Goodhind talks about his website Contested Ground and the benefits and challenges of using satellite imagery to monitor the Russia-Ukraine conflict. http://dlvr.it/T7cgnD

Mexico has a long-lasting tradition of macho culture, and of fostering autocratic regimes more focused on framing the presidential figure than tackling national issues. http://dlvr.it/T7b7nn

The UK government should focus on modernising its recruitment strategies and offering flexible service options rather than reviving coercive and anachronistic practices. http://dlvr.it/T7WG91

Recognizing climate-induced migration as a human rights issue and underscoring the need for a rights-based approach is crucial. http://dlvr.it/T7WFtS

As Governments grapple with the impending ecological crisis, they must leverage the knowledge that is innate to local communities. http://dlvr.it/T7Vqhb

A more nuanced discussion of women’s experiences during mass violence from all angles and perspectives, victim, perpetrator, rescuer, and combatants is vital to understanding mass violence. http://dlvr.it/T7VqNw

The only way to break Modi's dominance is to espouse a worldview that offers the electorate a different and contrasting way of evaluating the issues at hand. http://dlvr.it/T7V2gc

The contradiction between China's discourse on and practices of sovereignty constitutes a form of 'organized hypocrisy', explicable by the logic of capitalist expansion. http://dlvr.it/T7RjXT

There must be greater efforts to protect and educate the Moldovan public against disinformation, without violating freedom of speech. http://dlvr.it/T7QGqb

Scholars often talk about structural changes in the international system – but the world remains unipolar, with the United States at its center. http://dlvr.it/T7Q1Ng

Michael Reid provides a comprehensive political history of Spain, but the foundations of his critiques of Spain's multiple separatist movements raises questions. http://dlvr.it/T7Ks33

Sreeram Chaulia discusses how the field of strategic studies needs to adapt to changing times, as well as approaches to strategic partnerships, particularly India's. http://dlvr.it/T7Dt5F

Kathleen McInnis speaks about podcasting the political, how podcasting can work as a mechanism of political discourse, ‘Smart Women, Smart Power’, and more. http://dlvr.it/T79s65

Think tank research independence is often reliant on the support of formal institutions with amorphous lateral connections with government actors. http://dlvr.it/T787xv

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The effective use of narrative coercion, as demonstrated by the SDI, could set the stage for a negotiated resolution in contemporary conflicts such as Ukraine. http://dlvr.it/T75Ppw

Critiques of the EUDR have ranged from allegations of simple economic protectionism, to denouncing it as a form of green colonialism. http://dlvr.it/T75PfY

Faced with internal security threats, a democratic state cannot always employ extraordinary measures without triggering an existential threat to its democratic identity. http://dlvr.it/T72bGj

The world is more complicated than it was a decade ago when scholars ruminated on the capacity of International Relations Theory to understand or reflect what was happening in it. http://dlvr.it/T6yPk9

Younis innovatively outlines how Black political identity has been oppressed by everyday white political discourse, but could go further to challenge a Eurocentric focus. http://dlvr.it/T6t3nz

Ajay Gudavarthy speaks about the Congress party of India, its history and impact, the ongoing 2024 elections in India, and much more. http://dlvr.it/T6sC3z

Antoine Bousquet applies the 'scientific way of warfare' to the current Russia-Ukraine conflict and chaoplexic theory to the study of IR and conflict in particular. http://dlvr.it/T6dK1b

Japan has embarked upon a transformative journey that signifies a departure from its conventional pacifist stance. http://dlvr.it/T6YV63

Dean Vuletic speaks about the Eurovision Song Contest, its history, its relationship to international political discourse, and more. http://dlvr.it/T6TgYZ

There is a need to understand better what shapes practical judgment, normative evaluation, and reflexive agency in meaning-negotiation processes in communities of practice. http://dlvr.it/T6Skm8

IR cannot be reduced to abstract structural arguments based on clear causal relationships. http://dlvr.it/T6SkYP

The case of Myanmar highlights how autocrats are leveraging social media as a political tool to not only react to but also proactively deter women’s online activism. http://dlvr.it/T6QLq2

The technocratic, top-down approach of development reproduces a hierarchical ordering of knowledge forms, which subalternises the epistemic forces of everyday actors. http://dlvr.it/T6Q39s

Marianne Hanson elaborates on the concept of nuclearism, as well as the history and potential future steps towards nuclear disarmament and abolition. http://dlvr.it/T6M730

The dilemmas facing UK foreign policy cannot be solved by the combination of a mechanistic realism and the profession of progressive aims. http://dlvr.it/T6Kns0