Reading Kim Jong-Un’s Face
Understandings of culture can help us better understand attempts to study Kim Jong-Un’s character via physiognomic readings, which are widely practised in South Korea.
Religion and Culture in International Relations
Understanding and including the impact of religio-cultural identity will help us better navigate and explain our ever more complex and seemingly divided world.
Megachurches and the Living Dead: Intersections of Religion & Politics in Korea
The prospect of political change in the North coincides with the potential for religious change in the South, producing a complex and fascinating set of scenarios.
Student Feature – Religion and Politics
Both history and contemporary events remind us that religion can have a political impact on individuals, nations and international society.
Peter Berger – Four Benefits of His Work to the Study of Religion in IR
Peter Berger’s work on the enduring importance of religion might save the sub-discipline of religion in IR from turning in on itself.
Why IR Religionists Should Watch Reza Aslan’s Believer
To imagine oneself as a believer may benefit IR approaches significantly in the attempt to understand the political imagination borne from religious practice and belief.
The Prince, the Pope and a Populist Moment
Whilst populist movements have shown to be able to exploit sacral tradition, regal and religious institutions can equally employ resources to oppose populist agendas
Religion and Culture
There is little that concerns IR that does not involve elements of religion or culture, or both. Understanding them is necessary if you want to join some of the most important discussions about world politics today.
“Son of Lies”: History, Baghdadi and the Legacy of ISIS
Whilst the ISIS effect will not disappear overnight, the power to doubt the divine sanction of a failing movement is significant.
Religion in the Archives of IR
Even a cursory glance at IR and related disciplines prior to 9/11 will reveal a body of work interested in religion as a political theme of primary importance.
