UK-China Film Exchange: Cultural Relations in a Competitive Age
In light of an ever more political path in the Chinese film industry, co-productions create a space for different narratives to circulate in China.
Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev’s legacy is complex, but perhaps his greatest achievement will be that he contributed so manifestly to a spirit of peace at a vital time in world history.
The Geo-Economic Foundations of Large European Banks’ Power
Due to their central position in the global financial system as providers of global liquidity, large domestic banks may influence state power in the global political economy.
Should There Be a New Grouping for the “Non-Nuclear Five” of South Asia?
The US needs to prioritise bilateral or multilateral engagements with the non-nuclear five states of the region by genuinely understanding their interests and concerns.
Fictional International Relations: Problematizing Fact and Fiction in Global Politics
The future of IR lies in the intersectionality of fact, fiction and film as ‘fact’ and ‘fiction’ are not totally separable, but mutually constitutive.
Iran and Afghanistan: Growing Tensions after the Return of the Taliban
The Taliban have been in power in Afghanistan for a year and Iran is still attempting to ascertain if they can work with the Taliban in any capacity.
Opinion – Bad Omens for America after Liz Cheney’s Defeat
The perception of the US as a two-party system with only one party committed to democracy and the other engaged in the maintenance of an anti-democratic regime has severe repercussions globally.
The British and the Kyakhta Accords
For the Russians, the Agreement did not come into conflict with the status of Outer Mongolia defined with the Chinese in 1913, because Urga was autonomous in terms of internal administration and commercial and industrial matters.
Mongolian Independence and the British: The Parallel Negotiation
In 1914, the British and Tibetans signed the Simla Convention recognizing Chinese suzerainty over Outer Tibet, but also the full autonomy for internal matters of the Tibetan government. The Chinese refused to sign the Convention.
Mongolian Independence and the British: The Chinese Backdown
The Sino-Russian Agreement of 1913 was to become the model for an Anglo-Chinese agreement on Tibet
