George H.W. Bush and International Relations: A World in Motion After the Berlin Wall
The Bush years were marked by economic competition with rising Asian powers (Japan) and renewed institutional investments in Latin America after re-democratization.
Adding ‘T’ to BRICS: A NATO Ally in Transition
Turkey’s increasing aspiration to become a member of the BRICS grouping holds economic, political, and ontological benefits for it, but will a “T” be added to BRICS soon?
Criminals, Kleptocrats, and the NGO
Fewer organizations have polarized opinion as the Open Dialogue Foundation has, given its advocacy on behalf of oligarchs and those accused of committing crimes.
Ebola Response in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Bridge to Peace?
Current biomedical approaches can benefit from Health as a Bridge to Peace by addressing the political and social dimensions of disease outbreaks in conflict zones.
Facebook’s Libra and the International Politics of Financial Infrastructures
Thinking in terms of ‘infrastructures’ invites a helpful degree of caution and scepticism about the scope and pace of technological change.
The Commodified Queer Sublime
If the home, the nation, the marketing brand of LGBTQIA are the only potential spaces of belonging, then where is home beyond these spaces?
Improving Democracy for the Future: Why Democracy Can Handle Climate Change
The path lies not in suspending democracy but improving it: create better democracies with the capacity for collective action and a commitment to ecological values.
We Unhappy Few: The Conservative Party Leadership Race
Hard Brexit is the likeliest outcome because it is the desire of the Party’s membership. Even if it means the destruction of their party..
The Limits of Soft Power-Sports Diplomacy Templates in IR Research
The sports diplomacy templates fail to provide a meaningful platform for understanding the international impact of mega-sporting event campaigns on a country’s soft power
Ghost’s Gaze: Direwolves, War, and Interspecies Relations in Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones to IR scholars represents an artistic form of knowledge and a means for fostering new ways of thinking about violence, sovereign power, and gender.
