Everyday Insecurity in Gaza: Experiencing Blockade, Displacement and Panopticism
Violence in both war and colonialism occurs in everyday administration via persistent technologies and the slow violence of caloric, infrastructural, and spatial control.
European Strategic Autonomy: How Realism Best Explains Why It Remains a Failure
European states only support aspects of ESA that serve their objective interests—such as economic and security concerns—which are not produced by any strategic culture.
Neoliberalism and the Sovereignty of the Global South
The neoliberal project has used sovereignty as a mechanism for producing and protecting class relations that favour the global capitalist elite.
Beijing’s Charm Offensive: China’s Soft Power Projection in Central Asia
China’s education diplomacy in CARs elucidates the intricacies of building cultural affinity, the nuances of alignment, and the synergy between hard and soft power.
How the Islamic State Weaponizes Imitation in Its Propaganda
Aggressive imitation is meant not only to justify IS’s violence but to express its worldview—of restoring Muslim honour by avenging the humiliation Muslims have suffered.
An Embodiment, a Bridge and a Tribute: Conceptualisations from Beyond the Border
Border art re-conceptualises the US-Mexico border by engendering an aesthetic experience fractured from the hierarchical and hegemonic ‘distribution of the sensible’.
Anthroprocene or Capitalocene: Navigating the Politics of Climate Change
Climate change cannot be tackled by capitalist ecological policies of financial institutions and Western states but socio-economic justice and postcolonial epistemes.
Predictability in an Unpredictable World: Ritual and the NATO Summit in Vilnius
Despite, but also due to, Europe’s unprecedented security landscape, the 2023 NATO Summit followed a familiar ritualized script that eclipsed any theatrical performances.
Destruction, Colonialism, and Capital: Genocidal Perspectives on Palestine
Narrow definitions of genocide facilitate its continuation, as evidenced by Israel’s ongoing physical, economic, and cultural destruction of the Palestinian society.
Alien No More: The Promise of Popular Culture for the Study of Diplomacy
By injecting reflexivity into explorations of human interactions, popular culture as a site for diplomatic studies challenges the elitist thinking that IR grapples with.
