Deepshikha Shahi reflects on the theoretical underpinnings of Global International Relations, and the differing approaches to studying post-Western and non-Western IR.
Paul Staniland analyses the factors influencing government responses to armed groups, but sometimes fails to consider the complexity of motivations behind such responses.
Simon Dalby discusses the meaning of firepower in today’s society, the impact of the climate crisis on geopolitics, and potential responses to climate change.
Serhii Plokhy’s knowledge of Ukraine’s history is evident in this account of the current conflict, but lacks engagement with Western foreign policy stances on the war.
Zachary Lavengood explores the impact of the Arctic region’s geopolitics on current events, and the possibility of its emergence as a trade competitor for China.
Arvind Kumar speaks about the significance of the 2024 Indian elections, who the key political figures and parties are, class-based minor parties, and more. Available in Hindi and English.
Quentin Skinner speaks about understanding the work of Hobbes and Machiavelli, contextualism, political theory, global politics, and more.
Arjun Chowdhury reflects on the changes to what constitutes a contemporary security issue on the world stage, and the need for reform in approaches to state-building.
Rahul Verma speaks about the 2024 Indian elections, India’s electoral system, the elections’ global dimension and more, in the first of our multilingual ‘India votes’ series.
In the second part of our interview, G. John Ikenberry talks more about the Liberal International Order and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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