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Queering Proportionality: The Impact of Trans Allyship on Palestinian Liberation

Queering Proportionality: The Impact of Trans Allyship on Palestinian Liberation

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Gray Black

Decolonising the IR Curriculum: Reflections from a Classroom

Decolonising the IR Curriculum: Reflections from a Classroom

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Ananya Sharma

The Fetish of Force: Why Weapons Are Not Just “Instruments” of War

The Fetish of Force: Why Weapons Are Not Just “Instruments” of War

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Julien Pomarède

America First, Humanity Second: Trump, MAGA, and American Imperialism Revisited

America First, Humanity Second: Trump, MAGA, and American Imperialism Revisited

This is an excerpt from The Praeter-Colonial Mind: An Intellectual Journey Through the Back Alleys of Empire by Francisco Lobo. Download the book free...

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Francisco Lobo

Revolutionary Immortality? The Death of Mao, Fifty Years On

Revolutionary Immortality? The Death of Mao, Fifty Years On

In his 1968 study Revolutionary Immortality: Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Yale social psychologist Robert Jay Lifton (1926-2025)...

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Thomas J. Ward

MSt in International Relations at University of Cambridge

Earn a Cambridge Master’s in International Relations without a career break. Join our Open Evening to see how our 2-year part-time MSt lets you...

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Interview – Koen Slootmaeckers

Interview – Koen Slootmaeckers

Dr Koen Slootmaeckers is a Reader in International Politics at City St George’s, University of London. He is the EDI officer and trustee for UACES....

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers Is A Reader In International Politics At City St George’s

The Emerging World Order in the 21st Century: An English School Approach

The Emerging World Order in the 21st Century: An English School Approach

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Cornelia Navari

Towards a Global International Relations?

Towards a Global International Relations?

This is an excerpt from International Relations Theory, free to download from E-International Relations. The study of International Relations is...

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Amitav Acharya

The Global War on Drugs as Authoritarian Statecraft and Its Human Rights Costs

The Global War on Drugs as Authoritarian Statecraft and Its Human Rights Costs

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Salvador Santino Regilme

Who Believes in Gulf Futurism?

Who Believes in Gulf Futurism?

When the American-Qatari artist Sophia Al-Maria and Kuwaiti composer Fatima Al Qadiri coined the term “Gulf Futurism” more than a decade ago, they...

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Ahmed Elbenni

Introducing Liberalism in International Relations Theory

Introducing Liberalism in International Relations Theory

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Jeffrey W. Meiser

Opinion – Hong Kong’s Civil Society Space Amid National Security Convictions

Opinion – Hong Kong’s Civil Society Space Amid National Security Convictions

As expected, Joshua Wong Chi-fung pleaded guilty to the charge of “collusion with foreign forces”. Again, this raises questions about how Hong...

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Patrick Poon

Tunisia at a Crossroads: The Arab Spring’s Lone Flame, Fifteen Years On

Tunisia at a Crossroads: The Arab Spring’s Lone Flame, Fifteen Years On

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Suraj Yadav

Thinking Global Podcast – James Der Derian

Thinking Global Podcast – James Der Derian

James Der Derian talks with the Thinking Global team about Quantum International Relations, revealing what this could mean for International Relations...

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James der Derian Talks About Quantum International Relations

Review – The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West

Review – The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West

The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the WestBy Amitav AcharyaBasic Books, 2025 Amitav Acharya’s The...

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Bo Yuan Chang

Interview – Adam Humphreys

Interview – Adam Humphreys

Adam Humphreys is Associate Professor and Head of Department in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading. He...

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Adam Humphreys Is Associate Professor And Head Of Department In The Department Of Politics And International Relations

The Reluctant Empire: The United States and America

The Reluctant Empire: The United States and America

This is an excerpt from The Praeter-Colonial Mind: An Intellectual Journey Through the Back Alleys of Empire by Francisco Lobo. You can download the...

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Francisco Lobo

Judging the Sustainable Development Goals: Beyond the Scorecard

Judging the Sustainable Development Goals: Beyond the Scorecard

In September 2015, all 193 member states of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, committing themselves to a common...

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Mitu Sengupta

Henry Kissinger’s Opening to China Was More than a ‘China Card’

Henry Kissinger’s Opening to China Was More than a ‘China Card’

Henry A. Kissinger’s opening to China has long occupied a near-mythical place in the history of the Cold War. His secret trip to Beijing in July...

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Daeho Kwon

Opinion – Could Vietnamese-Style Hedging Have Prevented an All-Out War in Ukraine?

Opinion – Could Vietnamese-Style Hedging Have Prevented an All-Out War in Ukraine?

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Janko Bekić

Thinking Global Podcast – Arne Westad

Thinking Global Podcast – Arne Westad

Professor Arne Westad (Yale University) talks with the Thinking Global team about what it is to 'think globally' when it comes to...

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Arne Westad Talks About What It Is To 'Think Globally

Geostrategic Dissonance and Hyperrealism: A Methodological Proposal for the Analysis of Contradiction in International Politics

Geostrategic Dissonance and Hyperrealism: A Methodological Proposal for the Analysis of Contradiction in International Politics

This article was shortlisted as part of the 2025 E-International Relations Article Award, sponsored by Edinburgh University...

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Gustavo A. Báez Castillo

International Relations Theory: Still a White Man’s Burden

International Relations Theory: Still a White Man’s Burden

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Seema Narain

The Sustainable Development Goals: An Assessment of Ambition

The Sustainable Development Goals: An Assessment of Ambition

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Mitu Sengupta

From Treaty Ports to BRI Courts: China’s Legal Statecraft, Then and Now

From Treaty Ports to BRI Courts: China’s Legal Statecraft, Then and Now

This article was shortlisted as part of the 2025 E-International Relations Article Award, sponsored by Edinburgh University...

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Ashton Ng

Russia's War on Everybody And What It Means for You

Russia's War on Everybody And What It Means for You

Russia's War on Everybody And What It Means for You By Keir GilesBloomsbury Publishing, 2024 "You may not be interested in Russia. But...

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Emma Isabella Sage

Climate Justice after the ICJ: Authority, Diffusion, and State Responsibility

Climate Justice after the ICJ: Authority, Diffusion, and State Responsibility

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Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh

Opinion – Iran's War on Kurdish Opposition: Organised, Not Armed

Opinion – Iran's War on Kurdish Opposition: Organised, Not Armed

In the early hours of 17 August 2026, two explosive drones struck the private office of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour...

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Yunus Abakay

Soft Power Viral: TikTok, Memes, and Transnational Dissent in the Age of Digital Influence

Soft Power Viral: TikTok, Memes, and Transnational Dissent in the Age of Digital Influence

This article was shortlisted as part of the 2025 E-International Relations Article Award, sponsored by Edinburgh University...

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Mauricio Percara

Interview – Amitav Acharya

Dr. Amitav Acharya is the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Distinguished Professor at the School of International Service,...

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Opinion – The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement: Strategic Ambiguity or Institutional Gap?

Opinion – The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement: Strategic Ambiguity or Institutional Gap?

On 7 August 2026, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement. The public joint statement says that an armed attack...

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Roie Yellinek

Review – The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine's Past and Present

The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine’s Past and PresentBy Serhii PlokhyHarvard University Press, 2023 This book is a collection of writings by Harvard...

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Taras Kuzio

Asian Perspectives on International Relations Theory

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Pichamon Yeophantong

Forecasting the Next World War: Between Theory and Practice

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Raphaël Dosson

The Quantum Race: How Emerging Technologies Reshape Global Security Governance

This article was shortlisted as part of the 2025 E-International Relations Article Award, sponsored by Edinburgh University...

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Elena Zancanaro

Thinking Global Podcast – Sarah Pink (Part One)

On this week’s episode, Prof. Sarah Pink chats with chats with Dr. Tusharika Deka (⁠@Tusharika24⁠) in this first episode of two about her own...

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Prof. Sarah Pink Speaks With The Thinking Global Team In Episode One Of Two About Futures Anthropology

The Nation-State: An Oxymoronic Relationship?

International relations theorists often refer to the ‘nation-state’ in their analyses, tending to avoid academic precision. Some years ago, a...

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William Mallinson And Andrey Voynitsky

The End of History and the Return to Geopolitics

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Raphaël Dosson

The Dangers of AI Hype

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Ilan Manor

Interview – Hidemi Suganami

Hidemi Suganami studied International Relations as Tokyo, Aberystwyth, and London Universities. His first academic appointment was at Keele University...

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Hidemi Suganami Studied International Relations As Tokyo

Review – New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West

New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the WestBy David SangerPenguin Random House, 2024 David...

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Andrew Latham And Logan Leybold

Cute Geopolitics and the Other AI

This article was shortlisted as part of the 2025 E-International Relations Article Award, sponsored by Edinburgh University...

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Yelyzaveta Glybchenko

Borders as Violence: From Territorial Lines to Distributed Practices

Borders have long been considered as the defining markers of the international order, stabilizing the relationship between sovereignty, territory, and...

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Manish Jung Pulami And Saroj Kumar Aryal

Circular Agroecology for a Resilient Europe

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Guus Ter Haar

Interview – James Graham Wilson

James Graham Wilson is a Supervisory Historian at the U.S. Department of State, specializing in Cold War history. Since 2011, he has worked in the...

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James Graham Wilson Is A Supervisory Historian At The U.s

Rethinking Sex: Intersex and Transgender Politics in Shia Islam

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Roohollah Talebi Tooti

How Closely Should Presidents Follow Public Opinion about Foreign Policy?

In this the 250th anniversary of American democracy, we still all agree with the basic premise of democracy—that the demos (the people) ought to...

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Caleb Griffin

Thinking Globally about the 2025 Iran-Israel Twelve-Day War

In the early hours of 13 June 2025, Iranians woke up to the Israeli Air Force targeting air defences, ballistic missile bases, and nuclear programme...

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Shabnam Holliday

Post 12-Day War: The Limits of Israel’s Degradation Strategy Against Iran’s Network State

The “12 Day War” between Israel and Iran is the peak of a five-decade long conflict between a military-centric hierarchy of the Israeli state and...

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Andreas Krieg