Digital platforms have opened the way for people to connect, debate and gather information; yet they have also increased the spread of fake news.
The concern with modern technology is that it has the capability of imposing a value system and influencing populations, thus creating an authoritarian environment.
The International itself came about as an outcome of encounter, a world coming together through relations between the West and the rest of the world.
Borders are effective at constructing an ‘us’ on the inside, which is bound together through a collective narrative to the exclusion of ‘them’ outside.
The recent Hollywood adaptation of Aquaman provides an important metaphor for racial conflict, and a timely talking point in modern society.
While the international statistical system is a rather non-politicized field, the issue of unpaid labor is a rare example of statistics entering public debate.
International Relations must be reconceptualised to prioritize the relations that constitute units rather than to proceed from the assumption that units are self-evident.
Impunity has been key to determining the Colombian peace process. The question remains whose perception of impunity in the context of negotiated peace will prevail?
China and India’s rise as major naval powers does not preclude the possibility of both developing a more cooperative dynamic in protecting the maritime ‘global commons’.
Though much remains uncertain due to China’s unique political system, trust remains a crucial ingredient for the success of its various endeavours abroad and ultimately, its public diplomacy.
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