Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis: The Chinese Model in Operation
For Beijing, contending with rival powers across the world for an equal or greater share of influence is seen as necessary to underline the Communist Party’s legitimacy at home and abroad.
Securitisation and Vernacular Discussions of Terrorism on Social Media
Social media users are not only aware of the dominant narratives produced in the wake of an attack, but that they also shape and challenge them.
Decolonizing Environmental Politics: Sumak Kawsay as a Possible Moral Foundation for Green Policies
Sumak kawsay constitutes an axiological system that could morally base international agreements in order to preserve the environment in Abya Yala.
Responses From Central Asian States to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Declarations of neutrality appear hard-won and far from pro-Russian, given the multiple dependencies of the Central Asian states on all-powerful Russia.
The UN’s Role in The Institutional Abuse of Children: Wronged or Wrongdoer?
The scholarship on the institutional abuse of children illustrates why the UN should more closely consider such cases to find better responses.
Opinion – The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Between Solidarity and Whataboutism
The attempt to employ whataboutisms in defence of Russia by citing intervention in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya exposes the shallowness of such argumentation.
Opinion – The Russia-Ukraine Crisis and Central African Ramifications
The CAR has become highly reliant on Russian military for its security, and this dependency may grow into a wider issue the longer the conflict in Ukraine continues.
Decoloniality and Contemporary Regionalism in ALBA
Neoliberalism did not provide sufficient solutions to the crises of the integration model in Latin America. As a result, emancipatory approaches are gradually gaining space in knowledge production.
Opinion – Political Positionality and the War in the Ukraine
It would be nice to pretend that we still lived in a modernist world of meaningful choices, where taking sides was part of a broader grand narrative of struggle and progress.
The End of an Exceptional History: Re-Thinking the EU-Russia Arctic Relationship
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine may lead to the geopolitical awakening of the European Union and a renewed focus on the Arctic relationship with Russia.
