Review – Time Is A Mother
This poetry collection includes themes of personal loss and mortality that also provide insights into broader political struggles and conflicts in IR.
Opinion – International Relations at the End of the Second Elizabethan Age
Elizabeth II was one of international relations’ strongest soft powers – not just in longevity, but also in her subtle influence on the global system.
Opinion – Historical Amnesia, Digital Authoritarianism and the Presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
The second Marcos administration looks likely to further undermine democratic values and institutions in the Philippines.
Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev’s legacy is complex, but perhaps his greatest achievement will be that he contributed so manifestly to a spirit of peace at a vital time in world history.
Reflecting on Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’
It is a credit to Branagh’s mastery of memory, empathy and incantation that his film portrays so accurately that conflict begins and ends around the home.
Review – Finding Me: A Memoir
Viola Davis recounts her struggles with racism and poverty on her journey from a life of hardship to one of stardom.
Challenges in the Museological Heritagization of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is ready to talk about the previously unspeakable tragedies which eventually birthed the territory’s painful but, nevertheless, sacred peace.
Opinion – Shinzo Abe’s Murder and Japan’s History of Political Assassination
Japan is weakened by the fault-lines of an unresolved war and a history of ideological division and vulnerability to episodes of violence and terror.
Opinion – 25 Years On: Reflecting on Hong Kong’s Handover
British promises are unenforced and unenforceable as Hong Kong under China is no longer in any sense a credible democracy.
Adolph Mahr and Ireland’s Nazi Past
It remains an embarrassing episode in Ireland’s museological history that it was originally directed by a Nazi.
