Against Mystification, or What Went Wrong with Critical IR
A project of demystification would reorient critical IR scholars away from the fetishization of oppressed groups as vectors for abstract theorizing.
Swiping for God: Islamizing Dating or Secularizing Islam?
Interactions on the social lab of the Muslim dating apps signals an ongoing negotiating process of what it means to be (a) Muslim, (b) secular, and (c) a secular Muslim.
Saudi Arabia’s Neom Project, the Howeitat Conflict and Tribe-State Relations
The case of the Howeitat’s division over the Neom project portends a decidedly weaker role for tribes and kinship groups in Mohammed bin Salman’s “new Saudi Arabia.”
US Foreign Policy in the Middle East from Counter-Orientalism to Neo-Orientalism
The USA can lend its support to pro-American regimes in the Middle East, and at the same time, encourage them to support semi-democratic institutions.
What Might a Global Security Studies Look Like?
We need more empirically grounded research that reflects on the particular, rather than the universal, conceptualisation and manifestation of security.
Notes for Thinking about Feminist Foreign Policy from a Decolonial and Communitarian Feminist Perspective
Social and international relations should be based on complementarity, reciprocity, and solidarity among all parties.
Opinion – Attacks on UN Peacekeepers in Cyprus Threaten a Fragile Status Quo
An outbreak of violence reminds observers of the troubled relationship between the two communities in Cyprus and the complexities surrounding the conflict.
Introducing the Article Series ‘Indian IR Meets Global IR’
It is only a sustained spirit of non-scepticism that can empower IR scholars (Indian or foreign) to resurrect the untapped Indian intellectual heritage.
The Parable of Two Birds: An Advaita Approach to Global IR
While Advaita initiates an innovative scheme to de-center IR knowledge and reconcile West–non-West binaries, it pursues the intellectual strategy of ‘dualism-monism reconciliation’.
Ramayana: The Indian Epic and Its Relevance to Global IR
Ramayana is one of the first representative works of Indian textual-historical writing ‘Itihasa’ offering insights into statecraft, intelligence, diplomacy, and just war.
