Balancing Rivalry and Cooperation: Japan’s Response to the BRI in Southeast Asia
Japan’s response to the BRI is not monolithic, and the Sino-Japanese infrastructure rivalry in Southeast Asia is more geostrategic than it is economic.
Securitisation, China and FDI: The EU’s Foreign Direct Investment Screening Regulation
This essay argues that the EU established a tight framework for Foreign Direct Investment screening to securitise Chinese FDI in Europe.
Gramscian Notions: Helpful for Research into Digital and Tech Corporations?
Analysing Big Tech as a transnational capitalist class, Gramscian thought provides an outlook on possible avenues of governance of the digital sphere.
Why Does Big Tech Stay Headquartered In The US?
Big Tech centres its corporate power in the US to influence the American government into advancing its interests domestically and internationally.
Prestige Aid: The Case of Turkey
The study of foreign aid is one of the most contested topics in IR. For Turkey, it is argued that prestige has been the centerpiece of its aid policy since the 1990s.
Russia’s Energy Strategy and Gas Disputes
While energy resources have contributed to its economy, oil and gas have remained an important aspect of its soft power and relations with neighbors.
Breaking and Entering: Subverting Sovereignty Despite the International System
Intervention and sovereignty are both important and contradictory components of the international system. Yet despite principles of state sovereignty, international state interventions remain prevalent.
The NBA and the World’s America
The NBA has hegemonised basketball and latched onto the cultural icons of ‘America’ and the ‘American dream’ to cater to global audiences.
Exploring Stratification Economics’ Neglect of Intersectionality
This essay challenges the assumption that identities are fixed, linking gendered and racial binaries to the economic development of Australia with a postcolonial lens.
The Tension Between National Energy Sovereignty and Intra-European Solidarity
Diverging energy dependency and bilateral agreements between the EU’s member states and Russia hinder its ability to project foreign energy policy as a unified body.
