Opinion – Coming in from the Soviet Cold: Feminist Politics in Kazakhstan

Martin Duffy • Dec 9 2022 • Articles

In Kazakhstan, there is now a well-organized feminist network. There are however limitations to the growth of feminist politics.

Opinion – How Iranian Women Are Charting the Course for Freedom

Ahou Koutchesfahani • Nov 25 2022 • Articles

We are witnessing an ongoing feminist revolution, in which Mahsa Jina Amini’s tragic death will be forever remembered as its spark. For woman, for life, for freedom.

Opinion – Holding Russia Accountable?

Cecilia Ducci • Mar 21 2022 • Articles

Given that it has attracted the world’s attention, the Ukraine v. Russia case may represent either a turning point for international law or a further confirmation of the narrow conceptualization of the crime of genocide.

Opinion – The Myth of Being Anti-Racist and Anti-War in the Ukraine Conflict

David Chandler • Mar 2 2022 • Articles

To refuse the discourses of war and racialization it is necessary to do more than place them in critical relation to those of anti-war and anti-racialization. Instead, we should refuse to distinguish the two.

The United Nations in Crisis: Geo-Political and Geo-Economic Challenges

Martin Duffy • Mar 2 2022 • Articles

The crisis facing the UN, as evidenced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is the single greatest threat to global security since its formation.

Remote Warfare: A Debate Worth the Buzz?

Despite its definitional and conceptual ambiguities, remote warfare scholarship has invited creative thinking on many different issues connected to conflict.

Can Sport Mega-events Clean a Dirty State Image?

Sigmund Loland • Dec 7 2021 • Articles

Managed by responsible organizations sporting mega-events can become a true detergent in the fight against the dark spots of repression and human rights violations.

Opinion – The Long History of the Olympic Industry and Totalitarian Regimes

Mac Ross and Helen Jefferson Lenskyj • Nov 12 2021 • Articles

The Olympic ideal of peaceful internationalism has always belonged in the realm of mythology. This ideal is dead and buried beneath the capitalist excesses of the IOC.

Opinion – Black and Southern Feminisms Matter in the Global Climate Struggle

Lydia Ayame Hiraide • Nov 12 2021 • Articles

Black and Southern feminists challenge us to consider the climate and environmental crisis as a crisis tied up in global histories of race, gender, and class as embedded in European empire.

La Patrulla Feminista: Feminist Grassroots Interventions in Southern Mexico

Franco Laguna Correa • Nov 1 2021 • Articles

The future success of feminists groups resides in finding points of encounter to establish a more cohesive and effective dialogue with society.

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