Opinion – Saudi Arabia’s Pivot to Asia
Upon celebrating its 90th anniversary, the Kingdom’s pivot to Asia reflects the intent of securing long-term economic and strategic cooperation with Asian powers.
Women, Peace and Security after Europe’s ‘Refugee Crisis’
Personal accounts deepen our understanding of the radical interconnectedness of violence against conflict-affected women taking place in both the North and the South, particularly along racial divides.
Contested Multilateralism as Credible Signalling: Why the AIIB Cooperates with the World Bank
Rising powers’ dissatisfaction with the institutional order has led them to set up new institutions which overlap with legacy institutions.
American Influence on Russian Information Warfare
American digital democracy promotion can be understood as yet another chapter in the rising prominence of information operations in global competition.
Opinion – Europe is Still Able to Build Tanks
The fragmentation of defense coordination and integration has been a European shortcoming. But, when it comes to making tanks it has just come back stronger.
Opinion – The Unintended Consequences of Foreign Aid Bypass
How does bypassed aid change the domestic political and economic context? For the moment, what we do not know is far greater than what we do know.
Fear in International Politics: The Long Shadow of State
Mainstream IR theories must further analyse fear and the mechanics of its invocation in order to better understand international politics and the complexities of fear.
Achieving Just Migration Regimes Through Socialist Praxis
To have just migration regimes, we need to revisit philosophies whose political primacy is rooted in the ideas of equality, internationalism and anti-racism.
Federalism, Functionalism and the EU: The Visions of Mitrany, Monnet and Spinelli
The piecemeal strengthening and deepening of European integration prompts that it is too early to disregard Federalism, which has not yet lost ground.
The Incremental Revolutionary: Japan after 8 Years of Shinzo Abe
Had Abe pursued more vigorously his pragmatic side right from the outset, he would not be remembered as an incrementalist but simply as revolutionary.
