The “New Type of Major Power Relations”: A New Normal in Sino-US Ties
Political, economic and military conditions make a direct clash between the two powers possible, yet there are also constraints on all levels impeding on this.
Why Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Record Does Not Matter
In the context of the strained security situation in the Middle East and Europe it seems unlikely that human rights considerations will gain the upper hand.
To Press, Or Not to Press the Button?
The foundation of British strategic security requires ideas and assumptions that we can no longer be sure of; in the long run, nuclear deterrence seems unconvincing.
An IR for the Global South or a Global IR?
IR textbooks are stubbornly Westphalic, and with limited exceptions merely pay lip-service to non-Western histories, voices and perspectives.
The UN’s Shame: Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peacekeeping
The UN’s Zero-Tolerance Policy simply does not work and neither a particularly good job protecting the local population nor, for that matter, the UN’s reputation.
From the Local to the Global: The Politics of Food Systems
The struggle over food is political at all scales of the system, and this politics must be studied as the multi-scalar and complex entity it is.
Strategies for Making Large Lectures More Interactive
Active learning is what we would like students to be doing in a lecture: thinking about and engaging with the content, rather than copying slides.
Kunduz – Beyond the Battleground
The latest military operations by the Taliban in the North of Afghanistan make obvious that the group seems not to be weakened at all, but even stronger than before.
China and the ‘Thucydides Trap’
China’s rise may be bringing an end to the Gramscian notion of western hegemony and thereby creating a new kind of balance of power.
A Simple Paradigm for Noopolitics: The Geopolitics of Knowledge
The interaction between knowledge and power reformulates simple geopolitical principles that have been all-to-often forgotten by Classical Realism.
