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Opinion – The Institutional Afterlife of Populist Rule

Opinion – The Institutional Afterlife of Populist Rule

Hungary under Fidesz shows us that populism can enter the unelected state and enjoy its own institutional afterlife even after the fall of an elected...

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Nicholas Morieson

Redesigning Global Governance from Below: A Call to Action for IR Scholars

Redesigning Global Governance from Below: A Call to Action for IR Scholars

This moment presents an opportunity to reposition IR as a collective, transgenerational, contribution to humanity’s design of a new global order.

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Saghar shahidi-birjandian and yatana yamahata

The Grey Rhino: Strategic Neglect and the Collapse of Energy Security

The Grey Rhino: Strategic Neglect and the Collapse of Energy Security

Without a structural shift, advanced economies will remain exposed to foreseeable, preventable shocks such as those following the Iran War.

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Mordechai chaziza and roie yellinek

When Liberal Democracies Mirror Totalitarian Speech Regulation: The Case of Queensland

When Liberal Democracies Mirror Totalitarian Speech Regulation: The Case of Queensland

The regulation of contested slogans shows how harm-based interpretation in liberal democracies can gradually narrow space for political dissent.

09.05.2026 40

E-International

Ka Hang Wong

Opinion – Brazil’s Dramatic and Consequential 2026 Presidential Election

Opinion – Brazil’s Dramatic and Consequential 2026 Presidential Election

Six months before one of Brazil’s most consequential elections, current prospects suggest a landscape stalled in time.

09.05.2026 70

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Rafael R. Ioris

Opinion – Multipolarity and the End of Nuclear Stability

Opinion – Multipolarity and the End of Nuclear Stability

By reshaping the logic of deterrence, multipolarity is not merely transforming the security environment—it is eroding the very foundations of...

09.05.2026 60

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Raphaël dosson

Opinion – The Assault on Immigrant Citizenship and the American Dream’s Feminized Foundations

Opinion – The Assault on Immigrant Citizenship and the American Dream’s Feminized Foundations

The state that promised citizenship now polices, detains, and denaturalizes the very women who built the American Dream.

08.05.2026 50

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Franco Laguna Correa

Opinion – Moldova: Between Ambitious Plans and Present-Day Challenges

Opinion – Moldova: Between Ambitious Plans and Present-Day Challenges

It is unclear whether EU governments will accept Moldovan membership if it does not have full control over its territory.

08.05.2026 60

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Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

The ASEAN Way Under Pressure in Response to a Fractured World Order

The ASEAN Way Under Pressure in Response to a Fractured World Order

2026 functions as a test of whether ASEAN can maintain coherence and diplomatic relevance under increasingly adverse conditions.

08.05.2026 60

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Rizal g. buendia

Migration as an Instrument of Coercion: The Strategic Problem Europe Has Yet to Confront

Migration as an Instrument of Coercion: The Strategic Problem Europe Has Yet to Confront

Europe must recover the strategic initiative in its neighbourhood, and rebuild the respect and power projection that deterrence requires.

08.05.2026 50

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Nicolás e. salvoni

Thinking Global Podcast – Thinking Borders: Vicki Squire

Thinking Global Podcast – Thinking Borders: Vicki Squire

Professor Squire discusses borders, migration and migration governance, and more.

04.05.2026 40

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E-International Relations

Crisis as Politics: Political Discourse and Strategic Transformation in Contemporary Democracies

Crisis as Politics: Political Discourse and Strategic Transformation in Contemporary Democracies

If urgency becomes permanent, the boundary separating ordinary governance from extraordinary intervention becomes increasingly unstable.

04.05.2026 40

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Vasiliki tsagkroni

Fertilizer Sovereignty: Africa’s Path to Food Security in a Volatile World

Fertilizer Sovereignty: Africa’s Path to Food Security in a Volatile World

Africa has the minerals, biomass, sunlight and biological diversity to reduce its exposure – but these need converted into practical systems.

04.05.2026 50

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Christopher Burke

Hobbesian Enmity and Resource Wars in Apocalyptic Popular Culture

Hobbesian Enmity and Resource Wars in Apocalyptic Popular Culture

Stories of global disaster and destruction have surged in popularity, often with grim predictions of near-future collapse.

02.05.2026 60

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Evert jan van leeuwen

Opinion – Donald Trump vs Pope Leo XIV: Just War and the Emperor’s New Clothes

The Pope’s intervention brings into full light the unstated universalist assumptions that enabled Christianity to provide the moral underpinning of...

01.05.2026 50

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David Chandler

War Minus the Shooting: Sports and World Politics

Billions of people will watch the World Cup and the Olympics – academics should tune in too.

29.04.2026 40

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Aaron Ettinger

Opinion – It’s Time to Restore Back-Channel Diplomacy

Leaders, especially those populist inclined, should relearn the historical lesson that effective diplomacy often requires knowing when to stay silent.

27.04.2026 50

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Jiachen shi

The War Against Iran Has Weakened the US in the Great Power Competition

Overwhelming US-Israeli military superiority has failed to produce stable political outcomes or meet key strategic objectives.

27.04.2026 50

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Bülent Gökay

Thinking Global Podcast – T.V. Paul (Part Two)

Professor T.V. Paul speaks in episode two of two on advice for early career researchers, international security, and artificial intelligence in the...

27.04.2026 60

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E-International Relations

Artefacts of War, Politics of Memory: Material Witnesses in Occupied Kherson

Everyday items have been transformed into historical artefacts that document multiple dimensions of the Kherson experience.

24.04.2026 50

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Liudmyla pidkuimukha

The Nuclear Brink Revisited: Assessing Coercive Diplomacy in Iran

Without incorporating regime survival into coercive strategy, future nuclear crises are likely to follow similar trajectories of escalation and...

24.04.2026 50

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Martina sprague

Interview – Rhys Machold

Rhys Machold examines how homeland security operates globally through networks of power, colonial legacies and counterterrorism practices.

23.04.2026 80

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E-International Relations

Deterrence Without Alliance: What the Moroccan Crises Can Teach Japan and South Korea

A trilateral Entente, anchored by the United States, will coordinate deterrence efforts in Northeast Asia while preventing fragmentation during...

21.04.2026 40

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Ju Hyung Kim

Central Asia’s Ascent: From Geopolitical Object to Collective Actor

The transformation of Central Asia requires a significantly enhanced analytical structure that goes beyond the Russia-China dichotomy.

21.04.2026 50

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Islam supyaldiyarov

Deterrence Without Alliance: What the Moroccan Crises Can Teach Japan and South Korea

A trilateral Entente, anchored by the United States, will coordinate deterrence efforts in Northeast Asia while preventing fragmentation during...

20.04.2026 50

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Ju Hyung Kim

Opinion – The Need for a More Assertive Diplomatic Stance from China on Iran

While China is Iran’s main trading partner, pragmatism is the primary parameter for Chinese diplomacy.

20.04.2026 60

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Sergio Villarroel

Political Othering and the Discursive Construction of UK’s Small-Boat ‘Crisis’

Both Labour and Conservative politicians have framed small-boat refugees as threats, citing war metaphors, security concerns, and inauthenticity of...

19.04.2026 60

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Alyssa schofield

Israel’s Hidden Role in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Developments in the Israel-Palestine conflict should be also read in terms of their implications for the internal equilibrium of the OIC.

18.04.2026 70

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Loris botto

The Return of Power in a Fragmenting World

The story of globalisation has come full circle, not as the transcendence of geopolitics, but as the return of power at its very core.

17.04.2026 60

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Eko Ernada

Massacre Denied, Memory Punished: Hong Kong’s Totalitarian Court at Work

Authoritarian regimes consolidate power not only through coercion, but by monopolising narrative and memory.

17.04.2026 50

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Ka Hang Wong

The Iran War and the Indo-Pacific Cost of Selective Legality

The test posed by the Iran war is not Tehran’s character, it is in whether governments still believe that law binds friends as well as enemies.

16.04.2026 60

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Stefan Messingschlager

Why the Kuomintang’s Engagement with Beijing Undermines Taiwan’s Security

If Cheng Li-wun were to secure any form of commitment from the CCP, it would almost certainly come at the cost of diluting Taiwan’s will to defend...

15.04.2026 60

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Wayne tan and anita chu

Political Legitimacy, Monarchy, and Democratic Transition in Iran

A country of over ninety million people, with a long struggle for freedom, deserves more than a politics of fantasy financed by someone else’s...

13.04.2026 60

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Ramesh Sepehrrad

Opinion – When the Algorithm Becomes the Alibi

The bodies that algorithms generate are the undeniable testimony that what is being marketed as accuracy is in reality a novel and more effective...

13.04.2026 60

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Muhammad saad

Thinking Global Podcast – T.V. Paul (Part One)

T.V. Paul speaks about international security, Asian regional security, Indian foreign policy, and more.

13.04.2026 60

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E-International Relations

Review – The National Interest: Politics After Globalization

Cunliffe argues Western foreign policy has drifted from coherent national interests, fueling ideological wars and global disorder.

13.04.2026 70

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Zachary paikin

Fantasy, Messianism, and (Neo)Realism’s Limits in Explaining Russia-Ukraine War

Russia’s invasion was a performance of great power fantasy with Ukraine as object. This, along with increasingly centralised decision-making,...

11.04.2026 60

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Vanesa Valcheva

Review – Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind

Newitz explores how psychology, propaganda and storytelling evolved into tools of modern information warfare, shaping both military strategy and...

11.04.2026 60

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Luke M. Herrington

Opinion – Trump’s Distancing from NATO over Iran

Providing adequate nuclear deterrence vis-à-vis Russia, without the backing of the US, could prove to be a bridge too far for NATO countries.

09.04.2026 70

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Derrick wyatt

Recalling Ali Mazrui in Contemporary UN Reform Debates

The stability of the global order, for Mazrui, depends on how successfully the balance between homogenization and hegemonization is managed.

09.04.2026 80

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Seifudein Adem

Opinion – ZOPACAS at 40: A Reflection on Brazil-Africa Relations

The continuity of Brazil’s engagement within ZOPACAS will require domestic mobilization of government agencies and support for concrete cooperative...

08.04.2026 80

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Danilo marcondes

Now Recruiting: Commissioning Editors

Would you like to volunteer to help us bring the latest research and informed commentary to the largest International Relations academic audience on...

07.04.2026 80

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E-International Relations

Review – Dismantling the League of Nations

Mumby examines the organization’s complex dissolution, highlighting its prolonged liquidation and the role of human agency in the transition.

07.04.2026 70

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Fanga agbor martial

Thinking Global Podcast – Trine Flockhart, Aaron C. McKeil and Zachary Paikin

Trine Flockhart, Aaron C. McKeil and Zachary Paikin speak with Kieran about Disorder, Contestation and the project of ‘Rebooting’ Global...

06.04.2026 70

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E-International Relations

Opinion – The 47-Year War of Attrition in the Middle East and North Africa

It took nearly 50 years to find an administration that would adjust the seating, so to speak, in the Middle East and North Africa.

06.04.2026 50

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Patricia Sohn

Interview – Carlos Lopes

Carlos Lopes argues that Africa must move beyond aid dependency, embrace industrial policy, and assert strategic autonomy to reshape its role in a...

06.04.2026 100

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E-International Relations

The International Political Economy of Corporations and Post-Pandemic Inflation

In line with seller’s inflation theory, corporations raised prices beyond increased costs to lift profit margins, unfearful of dip in demand due to...

04.04.2026 100

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Niall brady

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...

03.04.2026 100

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Elena collinson

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.

02.04.2026 80

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Asteris huliaras

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...

02.04.2026 90

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Richard W. Coughlin