Opinion – Türkiye’s 2024 Local Elections Challenge President Erdoğan
Türkiye demonstrates a popular desire for transformation among its citizens that could redefine the nation’s longer-term political trajectory.
Reflections on the Troubles and the IRA in ‘The Secret Army’
This recently uncovered 1970s film sparks discussion about the capacity of such material to be commissioned and for it to be produced, but then to vanish.
Opinion – Northern Ireland’s ‘Dirty War’
It would seem that we are entering a new chapter in which Northern Ireland’s grisly past will be further regurgitated, and probably without tangible outcomes.
Review – The New United Nations
This new edition provides a fresh look at the complexities of the UN and the challenges it faces, making it a welcome update to international relations scholarship.
Review – Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
This movie depicts the life of protest-singer Joan Baez, using a combination of modern and archival imagery to effectively highlight her long-standing political impact.
Ambivalence on Ukraine’s ‘De-Communisation’ Process
In December another Communist symbol in Kyiv toppled, but modern Ukraine has inherited a dark history that is less easy to remedy.
Gaza: A Dark History Shared by Israelis and Palestinians
Whether Israeli or Palestinian, the voices, and the toll of loss, have seldom seemed starker in what appears to be an insoluble conflict.
Opinion – Cambodia’s Personalist Dictatorship
The recent election is further evidence of the death of Cambodian democracy and regime transition under Hun Manet.
Review – Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan’s depiction of Oppenheimer and the atom bomb is a key tool for IR scholars, but only scratches the surface of nuclear weaponry in IR.
Review – Return Engagements
Việt Lê portrays a new approach to contemporary visual art in Cambodia and Vietnam that moves beyond a fetishised focus on conflict and trauma.
