What’s Wrong with this Picture? Connecting Pedagogies to Students’ Lives
Hegemonic pedagogic practices in IR and Politics teaching are at odds with the capacity of our brains to interpret and make sense of the world visually.
The Single African Passport – Curb the Enthusiasm, Challenges Abound
The concept of continental integration under the African Union with a single African passport comes with some merits and some challenges.
Feeling For the Game: How Emotions Shape Listening in Peacebuilding Partnerships
Interpreting emotions are not considered relevant to being a competent peace building practitioner, but paying attention to it helps us to listen and identify obstacles.
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Election and Political Future
With the lack of a truly democratic government, a leader sympathising with the people and representing their interest might be the best Hong Kong can currently hope for.
How to Convince Kim Jong Un to Denuclearize North Korea
The time for negotiation between the US, China and North Korea is now. Let us just hope a cloistered and paranoid Kim Jong Un is willing to come out of his shell.
The Art of Strategy
In a world full of transitions, it is important to add more voices to the chorus of those that observe world events and are concerned with the potential of future conflict.
Why Macron’s Victory Is a Triumph for Disillusionment and Populism
Emmanuel Macron’s victory represents the reproduction of the same forces which birthed the recent wave of popular apathy and hostility to transnational elites.
Can Social Media Help Develop Politically Active Global Communities?
Social media provides new forms of, and tools for, activism but its potential to build a global community of politically active citizens should not be overestimated.
Portugal and the EEC Accession: Informal Practices and Arrangements
An assessment of the role of informal actors/procedures/rules in international relations, with a particular focus on the accession to the European institutions.
Brexit: The 1975 and 2016 Referenda Compared
If the past is any guide opinion will continue to swing as the effects of BREXIT unfold but these effects are as obscure as those of the decision to remain were in 1975.
