Articles

International Organizations’ Emergency Powers: Ratchet or Rollback?

Christian Kreuder-Sonnen • Dec 17 2019 • Articles

Although emergency powers come with formidable normative problems, when International Organisations resort to emergency politics they do what they were envisioned for.

Brexit Endgame: The 2019 UK Election

Russell Foster • Dec 14 2019 • Articles

Brexit is coming. But, maybe Boris Johnson will strike a good deal with the EU to prevent the further polarisation in the UK.

The Evolution of International Relations in France

French approaches to IR which sit between a sociology of IR and international political sociology might prepare scholars to increase their international impact.

How Cyberspace Changes International Conflict

P.J. Blount • Dec 8 2019 • Articles

The international system is ill equipped to create regulatory mechanisms that inhibit and control state action in Cyberspace, much less the myriad other actors that can wield such violence.

The Prospect of ‘Chindia’ as a World Power

Jonathan D. James • Dec 6 2019 • Articles

Pax Americana is under notice and the current model of international relations seems destined to be replaced by a multi-polar model, with China and India as key players.

Opinion – What the US Exit from the Paris Accords Means for Women

Katelyn Jones and Rashelle Brownfield • Dec 6 2019 • Articles

Instead of turning our backs on women climate refugees, the US should intentionally welcome and support them.

Authority and Regulation in an Interconnected World

P.J. Blount • Dec 6 2019 • Articles

Cyberspace saps authority away from the state as a holder of international rights. Authority in this new legal geography is vested in those that control the development, adoption and deployment of code that operates at a global level.

Reprogramming the World: Legal Terrains

P.J. Blount • Dec 6 2019 • Articles

The legal landscape of Cyberspace is a multidimensional geography that can rewrite the jurisdictional patterns established as accepted in international governance.

Unbordered Rights: The Geography of Cyberspace

P.J. Blount • Dec 5 2019 • Articles

World-scale political geography is shifting as new actors become mediums for power within the system, revealing complexity by adding Cyberspace onto the political geography of international space. 

Cyberspace and the Struggle to Maintain and Manage It

P.J. Blount • Dec 3 2019 • Articles

If the Internet is to be an effective tool of liberty, freedom and justice then Cyberspace must be understood not just within domestic governance frameworks, but also within the international governance system.

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