Articles

A Defence of Macro-History in International Relations

Ayşe Zarakol • Aug 27 2023 • Articles

We need alternative grand narratives that go beyond Eurocentrism critiques, and for that we still need macro-history.

China in the Pages of Americas Quarterly: Three Interpretations

Lívia Peres Milani and Luciana Wietchikoski • Aug 26 2023 • Articles

Nuances among the narratives presented on China are found in the analysis of pieces published by American and Latin American scholars and elites in Americas Quarterly.

Against Mystification, or What Went Wrong with Critical IR

Alexander Stoffel and Ida Roland Birkvad • Aug 25 2023 • Articles

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?

Noor Suwwan • Aug 25 2023 • Articles

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

Chelsi Mueller and Helena Schmidt • Aug 24 2023 • Articles

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

Yakub Halabi • Aug 24 2023 • Articles

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?

Jonna Nyman • Aug 23 2023 • Articles

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

Agustina Garino • Aug 20 2023 • Articles

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

Andreas Yiannaros • Aug 20 2023 • Articles

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’

Deepshikha Shahi and Raghav Dua • Aug 17 2023 • Articles

It is only a sustained spirit of non-scepticism that can empower IR scholars (Indian or foreign) to resurrect the untapped Indian intellectual heritage.

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