Articles

Popular Culture and Political Identity

Constance Duncombe and Roland Bleiker • May 2 2015 • Articles

Images and emotions are everywhere in politics, and yet they have only recently become a serious and systematic topic of investigation in academia.

The Fundamentalists Plurality Problem

Chris Crews • May 1 2015 • Articles

At the heart of our problems it is the fundamentalist imaginary, in both its economic and political forms, which has locked us into our present destructive cycles.

Security, Power, and Digital Privacy

Thomas N. Cooke • Apr 30 2015 • Articles

To approach the security, power and digital privacy triangulation through Dissent means that we, use ‘digital privacy’ as a starting point in the research triangulation.

The “Obama Doctrine”: Engaging Cuba but…

Alessandro Badella • Apr 30 2015 • Articles

Obama is writing history in US-Cuba relations. Yet, the duration and pace of the appeasement with Havana and its evolution is linked to Cuba’s internal political changes.

A Political Geographer in New York: Visiting the 9/11 Memorial and Museum

Klaus Dodds • Apr 30 2015 • Articles

While scholars have spoken about the WTC and its reconstruction, there is more to be said about the way the visitor is enrolled into the material cultures of 9/11.

The Ukraine Story in Western Media

Marta Dyczok • Apr 30 2015 • Articles

In reporting on the Ukraine crisis information has been used as a weapon and the rules of objective reporting have worked against the goal of providing accurate coverage.

“Pax Russica” in the Balkans: Serbia Between Myth and Reality

Eduard Abrahamyan • Apr 30 2015 • Articles

The article critically examines the misconceptions and prejudices of Russia’s political elite and ideological thinkers regarding Serbia

So, How Does Popular Culture Relate to World Politics?

Jutta Weldes and Christina Rowley • Apr 29 2015 • Articles

Scholars from assorted perspectives are eagerly and productively investigating myriad forms of pop culture in relation to every conceivable aspect of world politics

Memorialising the Invisible

Martin Coward • Apr 28 2015 • Articles

Memorialisation in the Flanders raises important questions about bearing testimony to the place of an atrocity without prescribing a right and proper from of response.

Dominant Narratives in Russian Political and Media Discourse during the Ukraine Crisis

Stephen Hutchings and Joanna Szostek • Apr 28 2015 • Articles

Russian media response to the Ukraine crisis cannot be attributed to ‘cynical eclecticism’ alone, as the efforts to present a coherent worldview have also been apparent.

Please Consider Donating

Before you download your free e-book, please consider donating to support open access publishing.

E-IR is an independent non-profit publisher run by an all volunteer team. Your donations allow us to invest in new open access titles and pay our bandwidth bills to ensure we keep our existing titles free to view. Any amount, in any currency, is appreciated. Many thanks!

Donations are voluntary and not required to download the e-book - your link to download is below.