Articles

Huntington vs. Mearsheimer vs. Fukuyama: Which Post-Cold War Thesis is Most Accurate?

Glen M.E. Duerr • Apr 22 2018 • Articles

Scholars cannot discount Huntington because core parts of his arguments still remain relevant to the narratives of today even if he is incorrect in some places.

The Kin-Country Thesis Revisited

Kim Richard Nossal • Apr 22 2018 • Articles

Huntington was right to call attention to kin-countries. But the idea of kin-country can only be made useful if it is stripped of its ‘clash of civilizations’ baggage.

Where Does Russia End and the West Start?

Anna Tiido • Apr 22 2018 • Articles

Russians outside Russia become ‘more Catholic than the Pope’, because they see the reality of their countries of residence and compare it with the virtual reality created by the Russian state media.

Trump’s Nixon-China Moment with North Korea

Thiago Mattos and Maurício Santoro • Apr 20 2018 • Articles

Political will in the US and across Asia, backed by public opinion, are giving diplomacy a chance. This is the best starting point for a deal since the early 1990s.

The New Great Game in the Indo-Pacific

John Hemmings and Genevieve Hull • Apr 20 2018 • Articles

How things plays out in the Indo-Pacific depends on the willingness of Asia’s other great powers to defend a system, rather than contain an empire

‘A Technocracy of Sensuousness’: Music Video in International Politics

Catherine Baker • Apr 20 2018 • Articles

Music video not just encourages but forces scholars of music in world politics to go beyond the places where references to the political are easy to find.

The Chinese Military Under Xi: Loyal and Ready to Achieve the History Mission?

Kerry Brown • Apr 20 2018 • Articles

Under Xi the People’s Liberation Army has a clear role in the national story of rejuvenation and empowerment that the President has been promoting since he became leader.

In Varietate Concordia: How Path Dependency Affects the Brexit Negotiations

Patrick Bijsmans and Mark T. Kawakami • Apr 20 2018 • Articles

Britain has been, to quote Stephen George, an ‘awkward partner’ with warm feelings for European integration only present among pockets of society.

Clashing Civilizations: A Toynbeean Response to Huntington

Ian Hall • Apr 18 2018 • Articles

Toynbee draws attention away from Huntington’s account, pointing to the role played by political actors in borrowing, appropriating, and manipulating ‘foreign’ concepts.

Turkish-American Relations and the Kurdish Thorn of Syria

Michael Goodyear • Apr 17 2018 • Articles

Turkey’s fight against the YPG and capture of Afrin serves as a catalyst for the expansion of Turkish power in Syria and puts poor Turkish-U.S. relations at further risk.