Interview – Jonathan Holslag
Dr. Holslag discusses how the rise of China is changing world order, considers the security dilemmas this is creating in Asia, and reflects on realist approaches to IR.
Development and Good Governance in Egypt
Since the end of the Cold War, development in Egypt, meant to promote sustainability and good governance, instead created a society based on political and economic gain.
Cyber Weapons as a Game Changer: A Critical Reflection
Claims that cyber weapons are a game changer are often based on a misunderstanding and overestimation of cyber weapons’ capabilities and effects.
Without a True European Identity, Can the EU Ever Be Legitimate?
Since its inception the legitimacy of the European integration project has been questioned; a true European identity is needed to legitimise the EU.
What Does (the Study of) World Politics Sound Like?
Music and music-making can enhance a body of work that looks to de-reify received analytical categories of the discipline and thereby continue to enrich its key debates.
What Accounts for the Sino-Russian Alliance?
Sino–Russian relations are better today than at any point throughout their troubled history, due to the structure of the inter-state system and domestic factors.
Providing Security? Border Control and the Politics of Migration in the EU
Depicting how certain assumptions are constructed, constructivism is useful to unveil that the security threat of migration is socially produced.
The Search for Water Wars: Looking beyond the State
The reallocation of water regularly leads to a redistribution of the benefits that it provides, provoking community action. It is here we find our debated water wars.
Review – Sexing War/Policing Gender
Åhäll’s volume explores cultural representations of female political agency and female political violence through the metanarrative of motherhood.
Discursively Constructing a Space Threat: ‘China Threat’ & U.S. Security
China’s rise in space power, and the United States’ interpretations of that rise, force us to reflect on how threats are constructed and perceived.
