‘My Order, My Rules’: China and the American Rules-Based Order in Historical Perspective
Faced with a rising and revisionist China, the US has come to emphasise the maintenance of a rules-based order as a substitute for what it sees as American rules and order.
Opinion – Omicron and Navigating the New Normal with Covid-19
The course of the pandemic is now a policy choice that can either be prolonged by entrenched vaccine nationalism or shortened by a focus on the collective global goodwill.
Mustafa Shokay and the Soviet Propaganda Machine
The restoration of Shokay’s name and legacy should serve as an encouragement to further research the role of Central Asian individuals during Soviet times and to help separate fact from fiction.
Indigenous Conflict Victims and the Growing Tent City in Bogotá
Structural change in rural Colombia and meaningful government action are required to sustainably alter the security and socio-economic situation of indigenous communities.
The ‘Failure of Critical Theory’ as an Ideological Discourse
The pressures of neoliberalism generate a discourse that challenges critical theory’s core principles and thus undermines its ability keep alive the theoretical possibility of a just and humane society.
Opinion – Negotiating the US-China Phase One Deal
Putting aside political rhetoric, opening the Phase One Deal to re-adjustment and negotiations seems the plausible option in the short term.
Remote Warfare: A Debate Worth the Buzz?
Despite its definitional and conceptual ambiguities, remote warfare scholarship has invited creative thinking on many different issues connected to conflict.
The Legacy of Russian Ballet Diplomacy
The distinctive traditional features of Russian ballet are relative to the image of Russia that is being promoted in its official diplomacy today.
Human Rights Reform in the UAE: Natural Socio-Political Evolution or Positional Strategy?
Human rights reforms can improve the UAE’s standing and advance its objective of becoming a regional hospitality, military and economic hub.
Opinion – Is International Politics Damaging South Africa’s Health?
It may seem good politics to play to home electorates by pulling up the drawbridge, but the economic effects are already being felt in one of the financially most unequal countries in the world.
