Articles

What Does the Death of the INF Say About the US’ Friendships?

Rupert Culyer • Nov 18 2019 • Articles

The US had ample opportunity to consult on its policy and strategy and have instead chosen a course of action which threatens the stability of historic alliances.

The Ukraine-Russia War: Five Cutting Edge Books

E-International Relations • Nov 13 2019 • Articles

Since the events of 2013, E-IR has published 5 open access books covering the crisis from a wide range of angles and viewpoints, with contributions from almost 40 leading scholars.

The Future of IR Lies in Creativity Rather than ‘New Thinking’

Adeelah Kodabux • Nov 11 2019 • Articles

The future of IR risks stagnating if ‘new thinking’ is merely concerned with identification of standard terms and inversely, IR must call for further creativity.

The Myth of Multipolarity and Overexpansion of Rising Powers: The Case of Brazil

Luis L. Schenoni • Nov 11 2019 • Articles

Brazil over-expanded considerably in the first decades of the 21st century in a process that was fuelled by domestic interest groups as well as a myth of multipolarity.

Israel and the Arab Gulf: An Israeli-Saudi Alliance in the Making?

Martin Beck • Nov 8 2019 • Articles

A strategic alliance between the Gulf States and Israel would be a first major step toward Israel’s transformation into the leading Middle Eastern regional power.

The Israeli-Palestinian Impasse and Theories of Peace in International Relations

Dana Gold • Nov 7 2019 • Articles

Scholars should not be penalized for a lack of solutions in achieving peace since they are not expected to solve global crises and their work can aid in creating peace.

Migration Governance: Between Skills Needs and Social Constraints

Reem Saeed • Nov 6 2019 • Articles

The UAE needs a new migration governance framework as the present policy leads to an increased gap between shifting the economy and labour market productivity.

How Often Does the UN Security Council Use a Gender Lens? Not Often Enough

Katelyn Jones • Nov 6 2019 • Articles

The Women, Peace and Security agenda’s impact continues to be limited in scope as Security Council meetings do not incorporate the gender lens mandated by USNCR 1325.

Asylum Paradiplomacy: Putting Cities on the Map of Migration Policymaking

Paula Pimenta • Nov 5 2019 • Articles

By behaving as actors in the international arena, subnational units have been able to establish a new route to tackle challenges concerning integration of refugees.

Change of Players, Change of Game: How States Got Left Behind on Climate Change

Charlotte Hulme • Nov 5 2019 • Articles

Climate change may be a unique transnational risk, but how non-national actors are responding to it offers general lessons for our understanding of global politics.

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