Putin’s Test for the West
The world is more complicated than it was a decade ago when scholars ruminated on the capacity of International Relations Theory to understand or reflect what was happening in it.
Japan’s Role in Shaping the Security Landscape of Southeast and East Asia
Japan has embarked upon a transformative journey that signifies a departure from its conventional pacifist stance.
Communities of Practice and the Social Ordering of World Politics
There is a need to understand better what shapes practical judgment, normative evaluation, and reflexive agency in meaning-negotiation processes in communities of practice.
On a Train, Reading Sartre: What My Teenage Self Can Teach Me About International Relations
IR cannot be reduced to abstract structural arguments based on clear causal relationships.
Opinion – Gendered Digital Repression in Myanmar’s Online Dissent
The case of Myanmar highlights how autocrats are leveraging social media as a political tool to not only react to but also proactively deter women’s online activism.
Opinion – Labour’s Embrace of Realism: Progressive or Problematic?
The dilemmas facing UK foreign policy cannot be solved by the combination of a mechanistic realism and the profession of progressive aims.
Opinion – Justice for World War II Comfort Women in Taiwan’s Partisan Human Rights Calculus?
Calls for justice for Taiwanese victims have never gained the traction that they did in Korea and China.
Silver Lining in the Clouds: Will the US Geoengineer?
Calls for the US to use its resources to unilaterally embark upon a programme of solar geoengineering are likely to grow louder in coming decades.
Rethinking the Role and Influence of U.S. Defense and Foreign Policy Think Tanks
Think tanks have no shortage of ideas, but for their ideas to take hold, policymakers and other leaders must have the capacity to listen.
The 2024 Article Award
We invite PhD / doctoral students and early career academics to prepare articles outlining novel, or under appreciated, ideas that contribute to a better understanding of international relations – with a £1000 prize.
