Decolonising Politics and Constructing Worlds in the Everyday through Zapatista Autonomy
Zapatista autonomy rearticulates the dynamics of power and enacts an acknowledgement of other worlds beyond the world of capitalist destruction.
Messages from the Meek: Dynamic Resistance at the Edge of Amazonian Colonization and Capitalism
Detailing local history is crucial to an understanding of how the intersubjectivity of coloniality came to reach groups with great differences in ideology.
Female Education in Afghanistan After the Return of the Taliban
Despite promises, the Taliban reversed course on full access to education. As a result, Afghanistan remains isolated from international recognition and Afghans continue to suffer.
Russia’s War Goals in Ukraine
There is no obvious end point or exit point for Putin as his goal is to win and occupy a vast territory and to be recognized as a victorious conqueror that has restored the glory of Russia.
Agroecology, Climate Change Induced Polycrisis and the Transformation of Food Systems
Heroic efforts displayed by peasants and indigenous people represent spaces of hope against the weight of ecological breakdown and social injustice.
The Case for a New Constructivism in International Relations Theory
Constructivists, of all the types of IR scholars, should be able to see how professions and social spaces work, and hence what they do to (and with) intellectual movements, like Constructivism.
Why the Temporal Turn in IR Should Care About Quantum Theory, and Vice Versa
What quantum social theory adds is the idea that measurement is creative, but also that relationalities are entangled in ways that our conventional understandings of reality don’t understand, or deny.
Opinion – Signed, Sealed and Irrelevant: The Impact of the Budapest Memorandum
The Budapest Memorandum worked in the short-term by de-nuclearizing a former Soviet state, but proved worthless in deterring Russian aggression.
Changing International Perceptions of Vietnam and Its Dark Heritage
Until recently, tourism in Vietnam has been intently focused on the legacy of the war and international perceptions of Vietnam are changing only at a snail-pace
Opinion – Building the EU Narrative Towards Great Power Status
The EU is starting to demonstrate the self-assurance of a great power, but it will need to go beyond its technocratic approach and commit to a robust identity and value-based vision.
