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The Uncomfortable Middle Ground in the Australia-China Research Relationship

The Uncomfortable Middle Ground in the Australia-China Research Relationship

Australia’s research ties with China create a dilemma as security concerns require scrutiny of collaboration while also limiting engagement with a...

yesterday 30

E-International

Elena collinson

Opinion – The Politics of Age: Leadership in Europe and Beyond

Opinion – The Politics of Age: Leadership in Europe and Beyond

Political leaders require sufficient time in office to mature, learn, and realize their full potential.

previous day 30

E-International

Asteris huliaras

The Carter Doctrine and the Limits of Liminal Conflict in the Persian Gulf

The Carter Doctrine and the Limits of Liminal Conflict in the Persian Gulf

The crisis in the Persian Gulf is not only a geopolitical rupture but a potential inflection point in the organization of the global political...

previous day 40

E-International

Richard W. Coughlin

The Communist Party of China Reaches Out to Africa

The Communist Party of China Reaches Out to Africa

Africa is effectively a testing ground for expanding China’s reach and exporting its authoritarian governance model.

wednesday 10

E-International

David H. Shinn

The Kurdish Side of the Iran War

The Kurdish Side of the Iran War

The Kurds risk being cast once more as useful fighters who are excluded when it comes to the negotiating table about the division of spoils.

wednesday 10

E-International

Hamit ekinci and vassilis k. fouskas

Power, Not Law? Venezuela as a Breach of Jus ad Bellum and State Sovereignty

Power, Not Law? Venezuela as a Breach of Jus ad Bellum and State Sovereignty

Trump’s operation in Venezuela is not merely an illegal act but an assault on the architecture designed to prevent such acts.

wednesday 10

E-International

Baya amouri

Interview – Nicole Bourbonnais

Interview – Nicole Bourbonnais

Nicole Bourbonnais highlights how reproduction studies draw on diverse disciplines to explore why people have children and how reproductive politics...

wednesday 30

E-International

E-International Relations

Review – Black Girl from Pyongyang

Review – Black Girl from Pyongyang

Black Girl from Pyongyang offers a rare insider memoir of an elite yet isolated upbringing in North Korea, revealing contradictions, control, and a...

wednesday 30

E-International

Martin Duffy

Interview – Catherine Rottenberg

Interview – Catherine Rottenberg

Catherine Rottenberg highlights feminist solidarities and urges collective rage and care to resist authoritarianism and neoliberalism in today’s...

29.03.2026 40

E-International

E-International Relations

Opinion – Bangladesh’s Election and the Politics of India’s Eastern Borderlands

Opinion – Bangladesh’s Election and the Politics of India’s Eastern Borderlands

Bangladesh’s electoral result isn’t just being reported in India; it’s being actively manufactured into electoral ammunition.

27.03.2026 60

E-International

Rudabeh Shahid

Opinion – Why We Owe Ukraine More Than Sympathy

Opinion – Why We Owe Ukraine More Than Sympathy

Support for Ukraine is not charity; it is a matter of duty to a neighbour and to the political order that protects us all.

26.03.2026 30

E-International

Gordon w. thomson

No Room for Maneuver: Why Structure Forces Taiwan’s Strategic Choice

No Room for Maneuver: Why Structure Forces Taiwan’s Strategic Choice

In the tragedy of great power politics, those who mistake transient tactical convenience for permanent peace invariably find themselves in the...

26.03.2026 40

E-International

Wayne tan and anita chu

Assessing Israel’s Apology to Qatar for the September 2025 Hamas Attacks

Assessing Israel’s Apology to Qatar for the September 2025 Hamas Attacks

Qatar’s substantial influence on, and ties with, the United States are at the heart of understanding Israel’s actions.

26.03.2026 50

E-International

Ali alabdali

Stewardship or Monument: Donald Trump and the Politics of Posterity

Stewardship or Monument: Donald Trump and the Politics of Posterity

Trump’s second mandate reveals a distinctive approach to presidential authority designed not primarily to administer, but to imprint himself as a...

24.03.2026 70

E-International

Arthur Michelino

Opinion – Bukele and the Latin American Trilemma

The current Latin American context suggests a trilemma allowing for only two of these values simultaneously: liberal democracy, security, and...

23.03.2026 50

E-International

Luis Gouveia Jr

Iran at War: Deterrence, National Identity, and Existential Stakes

Once direct war reaches the homeland, Tehran is likely to interpret the conflict less as a bargaining contest over influence than as a confrontation...

22.03.2026 70

E-International

Tewfik Hamel

Echoes of Empire: Russia’s Post-Soviet Threats, Propaganda, and the Reality of Power

Russia’s increasingly bellicose rhetoric is a deliberate campaign of domestic mobilization, external signaling, ideological preparation, and...

22.03.2026 70

E-International

Samir Hasanov

War on Iran and the Breakdown of the Liberal International Order

In a fragmented world of weakened institutions, global governance pays the price of collective inaction as globalized consequences are dealt with...

19.03.2026 50

E-International

Carlos Frederico Pereira Da Silva Gama

Opinion – Nepal’s Electoral Transformation

Gen Z protesters have proved that an establishment government can be removed by popular protest.

18.03.2026 60

E-International

Martin Duffy

Neuro-Rational-Physicalism and its Implications for Governance, Geostrategy and Global Order

The stability of civilisations ultimately depends not only on material capabilities but also on the epistemic frameworks through which societies...

17.03.2026 70

E-International

Nayef Al-Rodhan

Resilience for Moldova’s Future: Can NATO Provide Greater Support?

Clarifying what resilience means is crucial for Moldova in overcoming vulnerability and achieving effective governance.

15.03.2026 60

E-International

Valentin vataman

Opinion – Can the BRICS Adapt to a Transactional World?

The biggest challenge lies in maintaining commercial and economic links as the geopolitical standings of its members appear increasingly divergent.

14.03.2026 60

E-International

Emilio rodriguez-triocci

Opinion – China’s Sovereignty Paradox: Why Beijing Won’t Militarily Defend Its Close Partners

Washington is demonstrating declining tolerance for adversarial regimes, yet China is unlikely to assume the costs of fully protecting them.

12.03.2026 30

E-International

Tomaz fares

Opinion – Integration as State-Building: Syria’s Postwar Gamble and the Kurdish Question

Sympathy for Rojava is not an exercise in ideological romanticism, it reflects recognition of a political project forged under conditions of...

11.03.2026 60

E-International

Elliot goodell ugalde

Review – The Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and International Relations

This edited collection offers a rich, multidisciplinary analysis of artificial intelligence in global politics, though its breadth can feel dense.

10.03.2026 60

E-International

Ismail baniadam and farshid jafari

Opinion – Erasure as Assessment: Middle East Forum’s Analysis of Iran’s Opposition

Iran hunts MEK supporters at home and threatens them abroad because it knows it is the only opposition force with ideology, structure, and endurance.

10.03.2026 60

E-International

Morteza gharib and kazem kazerounian

Cyber Scams and Human Security: Towards an India-Thailand-ASEAN Agenda

Linking land-based cybercrime networks with maritime financial and logistical routes would align with India’s broader vision for regional security...

10.03.2026 40

E-International

Sreeparna banerjee

War of Distraction in Iran: Existential Anxiety and Strategic Failure

The most salient lesson to carry from this farce is how to distinguish a good act from an evil act in practice.

09.03.2026 80

E-International

Robert l. oprisko

Is the International Liberal Order Evolving or Exposing Itself?

We are no longer in a steady historical moment and the international order may struggle to move in the right direction.

09.03.2026 60

E-International

Ahmet Serdar Günaydin

The Geopolitical Implications of the Iran War

The Iranian leadership is intensifying patriotic rhetoric and disrupting the global energy supply, hoping that Trump may grow weary of this conflict.

09.03.2026 70

E-International

Bulent Gokay And Lily Hamourtziadou

After the Drone Strike: What Now for UK Bases in Cyprus?

Recent events, combined with the altered geopolitical environment after Brexit, have exposed the vulnerabilities of these unusual sovereign enclaves.

08.03.2026 70

E-International

Peter Clegg

Opinion – The Iran War Viewed Through Broader Regional Security Changes

Iran backed Russia’s plan in which each authoritarian bloc wields decisive influence over the fate of weaker states within its respective region.

08.03.2026 80

E-International

Lilia a. arakelyan

Opinion – Why the Liberal Rule-Based Order Failed

Liberal thought has been traditionally quite sceptical of democracy, despite its frequent modern association with it.

07.03.2026 60

E-International

Dov h. levin

The Relevance of Nixon’s Madman Theory to Today’s Northeast Asia

Today’s Northeast Asia presents a more complex and nuclearized environment compared to that of the Vietnam War.

05.03.2026 80

E-International

Ju Hyung Kim

The Enemy Within: US Foreign Policy During the Second Trump Administration

Understanding the narrative of humiliation and decline, in light of populism and fascism, is essential in unpacking what drives Trump.

05.03.2026 70

E-International

Carina van de wetering

Opinion – India’s AI Summit and the Politics of “Techno-Civilizational” Modernity

The Modi government wants AI to be a tool for national development, strategic autonomy, and projecting India as a civilizational state.

05.03.2026 70

E-International

Nicholas morieson chloe smith and muhammed omer

Thinking Global Podcast – Thinking Borders: Thomas Nail

Professor Nail discusses the philosophy of movement, the fluidity of borders, migration, border regimes and more.

02.03.2026 90

E-International

E-International Relations

Testing the Red Line: Jimmy Lai’s Sentence as a Flashpoint in Sino-American Relations

Rather than a straightforward story of authoritarian hardening, the case shows a calculated architecture that lets both sides manage tension without...

28.02.2026 100

E-International

Lai-ha chan

Is Genocide Inherently Colonial? A Decolonial Intervention in the Debate

The term ‘colonial genocide’ is a tautology and a modernist obfuscation: Genocide, in metropoles or in the periphery, is always informed by a...

28.02.2026 90

E-International

Caspar von der schulenburg

Opinion – How Japan’s Prime Minister Hijacked A Deep-Sea Rare-Earth Exploration

Despite the ‘success’ in the last deep-sea mining exploration it will be far too sanguine to conclude that exploitation with commercial viability...

27.02.2026 80

E-International

Lai-ha chan

Opinion – As Israel Pushes for Annexation, Is There Hope for Palestinians?

Once Palestinians have been incorporated as subjects of the Israeli state, they can try to transform their opponent’s kinetic energy into something...

26.02.2026 80

E-International

James Ron

Opinion – India’s AI Summit: Optics, Scope and Global Diplomacy

India’s strength lies in shaping how AI is employed and embedded into everyday social and economic systems.

25.02.2026 80

E-International

Tusharika Deka

Selling Iran King Without a Kingdom: How Coordinated Networks Manufacture the Appearance of Mass Support

The Iranian people deserve an information environment that reflects their lived reality rather than an engineered one.

25.02.2026 100

E-International

Kazem Kazeriouian

Opinion – Hierarchy After Hegemony: India’s Moment in a Fractured Order

If India can translate long-standing strategic instincts into sustained institutional capacity and credible delivery, it may claim a position in a...

25.02.2026 100

E-International

Biyon Sony Joseph

Opinion – From Bandung to BRICS+?

The Bandung Spirit remains relevant as a flexible framework for navigating hierarchy, preserving autonomy, and asserting agency in a rapidly changing...

24.02.2026 80

E-International

Seifudein Adem

Not Just Fake News: Deepfakes and the Crisis of Trust

Focusing solely on disinformation risks hiding the deeper, systemic issues caused by deepfakes, as well as the opportunities this technology may...

24.02.2026 100

E-International

Marilù Miotto

The Chicken or the Egg: Securitization of AI or AI-fication of Security?

Strategic autonomy cannot simply mean keeping pace with rivals in an AI arms race, nor can technological sovereignty be reduced to subsidising...

24.02.2026 90

E-International

Sina Hoch

Hard Power and Legitimacy in the Chagos Archipelago

It is US hard power, rather than the Chagos agreement or any successor to it, that will ensure that Diego Garcia can continue to play its role in the...

22.02.2026 150

E-International

Derrick Wyatt

Maturing City Diplomacy: Comparing Yokohama and Taipei

City diplomacy, like the cases of Yokohama and Taipei, is becoming increasingly vital as state-level diplomacy becomes subject to the whims of...

20.02.2026 50

E-International

Daniel Clausen

BRICS and the Global South: Anticipating the Steps of the Global North

Flexibility, the search for consensus, and the need to engage with difference are increasingly recognized by the Global North as survival strategies.

20.02.2026 70

E-International

Marta Fernández And Maria Elena Rodriguez