Articles

Not So Bad After All: How US Foreign Policy Could Navigate a Multipolar World

Mark N. Katz • Dec 15 2024 • Articles

Containing rivals via buck-passing may be less costly for the U.S. than continuing to respond to each and every threat as if in a unipolar world.

Eco-Socialism: An Introduction

Vivian Ike • Dec 12 2024 • Articles

Eco-socialism seeks to transform a global exploitative and unequal socioeconomic relationship amongst human beings into one that is free from degradation, exploitation, and inequality.

The Role of BRICS in India’s Foreign Policy

Paola Andrea Baroni • Dec 12 2024 • Articles

The BRICS+ is one space in which India seeks to project its power and continue to emerge as a leading nation of the Global South.

Opinion – Is Multipolarity Destined to Destabilize the World?

Andrew Latham and Raymond Yu • Dec 12 2024 • Articles

With the right approach, multipolarity could evolve into an era of constructive engagement, where powers balance their ambitions with a sense of responsibility.

Myanmar’s Shan Civilians: Caught Between Three Armies

Antonio Graceffo • Dec 10 2024 • Articles

While most people in Myanmar face a grim reality, residents of Shan State endure additional abuses from the very ethnic militias that claim to protect them.

Resilience Governance: A New Form of Colonialism in the Global South

David Chandler • Dec 10 2024 • Articles

The reason why projects fail may well be that resilience “experts” necessarily start from problematising local capacities and capabilities rather than building upon them.

International Cooperation for Better Whistleblower Protection in South Africa

Ugljesa Radulovic • Dec 10 2024 • Articles

It is challenging to revise legislation to hold wrongdoers accountable if the offenders are in the top echelons of the state.

Glocalisation and Paradiplomacy: Localising Global Agendas Through Local Networks

Ario Bimo Utomo • Dec 8 2024 • Articles

The world faces many dispersed global issues that transcend national borders and challenge the traditional capacities of nation-states.

Is the Chagos Deal Really Under Threat?

Peter Clegg • Dec 8 2024 • Articles

The situation has become more complicated as a result of elections in Mauritius and the United States, which have seen new governments being voted in.

Observing Moldova’s 2024 Presidential Election

Martin Duffy • Dec 8 2024 • Articles

Moldova is a country very much at a crossroads between Russia and the West, and President Sandu has the unenviable task of balancing those interests for the next four years.

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