The American Public’s Doubts over Democratization in China
A public that does not see political change as possible in China risks promoting policies that both reinforce hostilities and inhibit incremental change.
Opinion – A Diplomatic Breakthrough on Seas
The international community has what would appear to be a final resolution of the status of our governance of this shared space.
The Emergence of the Indo-Pacific: Geopolitical Turn or Continuity?
The merging of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and the conceptual expansion of the regional imagination, signals the start of a new phase of Asia-related foreign policies.
Reason, Cause, and Cultural Arrogance
Recognition that reason is a social construction throttles Western claims of cultural superiority and encourages engagement with non-Western traditions.
Opinion – ChatGPT and the Threat to Diplomacy
As generative AI chatbots become fixtures of daily life, diplomats must experiment with these tools, identify potential risks, and then work with AI companies to mitigate such risks.
Reflecting on a Career Researching Climate Change and Security in North Korea
In the Anthropocene, all politics is climate change politics – and this understanding is no longer a niche in scholarship.
United Moderate Religion vs. Secular and Religious Extremes?
One can avoid the pitfalls of religion by acknowledging its importance at the macro-level for the greater good of national unity across a plural U.S. social fabric.
The War in Ukraine: A Process Sociological Perspective on How We Got Here
The war in Ukraine was ultimately the decision of Putin, but it has also been a decision embedded in an environment profoundly shaped by functional democratisation processes.
Shared Anxieties and Transnational Migration: Moralised Tensions in Liberal-Democratic Societies
Understanding the securing and insecuring processes that situate relations between established and outsider groups in contemporary societies connects with the work of securitisation researchers.
Animal Suffering and the Civilizing Process
Norbert Elias’s theory of the Civilizing Process provides an innovative account of how and why people’s attitudes to non-human animals have evolved over the centuries.
