Articles

Militarization in the Age of the Pandemic Crisis

Henry A. Giroux and Ourania Filippakou • Apr 22 2020 • Articles

The spectacle of militarization functions as part of a culture of division and fragmentation, all the while refusing ask how the US shares elements of a fascist politics.

Coronavirus, Resilience and the Limits of Rationalist Universalism

Igor Merheim-Eyre • Apr 21 2020 • Articles

The re-building following the pandemic will require not only resilience and a continued fight for what we hold dear, but also to recognise the limits of rationalist universalism.

Negotiations in the Field: Citizenship, Political Belonging and Appearance

Sezer İdil Göğüş • Apr 21 2020 • Articles

It’s important to be aware that negotiations can be faced in the field before entering it and to know that such feelings of fear, failure, and discomfort are expected. 

International Relations Theory after the Cold War: China, the Global South and Non-state Actors

Emmanuel Matambo • Apr 21 2020 • Articles

The preponderance of China and the broader Global South have already begun transforming IR theory, whilst themselves undergoing occasional clashes.

Uganda’s Transitional Justice Policy Development Process and the International Criminal Court

Saghar Birjandian • Apr 21 2020 • Articles

The ICC acts as a beacon of mainstream transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict settings, which is demonstrated through the ‘peace versus justice debate’.

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Climate Change: Why Have Responses Been So Different?

Lukas H. Meyer and Marcelo de Araujo • Apr 20 2020 • Articles

As the COVID-19 crisis recedes some states will be eager to rebuild their economies, even if it means dismissing previously agreed international climate change goals.

Reproducing the European Gaze Through Reflexivity: The Limits of Calling Out Failures

Ewa Maczynska • Apr 19 2020 • Articles

There is a need to problematise the notion of ‘failure’ through its reliance on and reproduction of reflexivity as a positioned practice advocated by scholars.

Fieldwork, Feelings and Failure to Be a (Proper) Security Researcher

Jan Daniel • Apr 19 2020 • Articles

Fieldwork is, among many other things, messy, and deeply frustrating and failure is unavoidable. The feelings this produces are shared by many researchers.

European Parliaments in Times of Coronavirus

Christine Neuhold • Apr 18 2020 • Articles

Governments are calling the shots in this time of emergency. This becomes problematic if there is no clear end to this ‘state of danger’ and when (new) crisis measures are no longer democratically debated.

Fieldwork and the Coronavirus Pandemic

Kodili Henry Chukwuma • Apr 18 2020 • Articles

Research institutions could provide training programmes that addresses the issue of a global pandemic in the context of carrying out research related activities such as fieldwork.