Features

Review – The Twilight Struggle

Lake Preston-Self • Mar 7 2025 • Features

Brands offers sharp Cold War insights but leans to US centrism, overlooking Global South impacts and alternative perspectives into great-power rivalry.

Review – Confronting China

Timothy R. Heath • Mar 1 2025 • Features

Confronting China offers sharp policy insights but leans too heavily on military competition, overlooking key economic and political factors in US-China rivalry.

Review – The Flats

Martin Duffy • Feb 25 2025 • Features

This haunting docu-drama explores Belfast’s New Lodge through trauma, memory, and resilience, blending archival footage with staged scenes for a powerful impact.

Thinking Global Podcast – Aylin Matlé

E-International Relations • Feb 24 2025 • Features

Aylin Matlé speaks about The 2025 German elections, German foreign policy, NATO, Trump, and US-Germany relations. This is part of our 2025 German election special series.

Review – World Statehood

Bob Jessop • Feb 20 2025 • Features

Patomäki’s book is a rich, critical take on world statehood, blending history, philosophy, and governance, however its length and lack of coherence weaken its impact.

Review – 20 Days in Mariupol

Martin Duffy • Feb 15 2025 • Features

A gripping, evidence-based documentary on the Mariupol siege, blending brutal war footage with objective analysis, with a focus primarily on the Ukrainian side.

Review – Living the Asian Century

Peter Coclanis • Feb 9 2025 • Features

This memoir traces Mahbubani’s rise from poverty to diplomatic success in meritocratic Singapore but lacks deep political analysis and engagement with opposing views.

Review – Cold Case Hammarskjöld

Martin Duffy • Feb 5 2025 • Features

The film raises vital questions over the death of former UN Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjöld, blending bold claims with speculation, urging a deeper investigation.

Interview – Jasmin Lilian Diab

E-International Relations • Feb 4 2025 • Features

Jasmin Lilian Diab discusses how intersectionality, climate displacement, and refugee-led initiatives are reshaping migration and refugee studies today.

Review – Reconstructing the Responsibility to Protect

Alexander Hall • Feb 1 2025 • Features

Butler argues that while R2P has its shortcomings, the doctrine has not failed, however questions about the practical pathways for its revival in global politics remain.

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