Iconic leaders are products of structural rupture – emerging from an order that marginalized certain states and communities and finding expression through political agency.
New modes of political experimentation in African states may have important lessons for those seeking to find ways to address the democratic malaise within Western societies.
Trump’s preference for bilateral agreements threatens to weaken regional unity on critical issues such as climate change, inequality, poverty, and organized crime.
Scholarship engaging the raciality of capitalism, and feminist approaches, are well-equipped to understand antagonistic notions and practices of security.
Japanese remilitarization will benefit the people of Japan and offer be a much-needed counterbalance in the Indo-Pacific.
Overdependence on any single actor will leave Europe vulnerable to external pressures.
Kim sheds light on how anti-base activism in Korea and Japan disrupts U.S. basing politics, urging us to value the lives of those living near bases.
The sensationalist media narrative of autism as a ‘risk factor’ must be avoided and autistic people who could be vulnerable to radicalisation should be seen as victims over threats.
Rejecting martial violence will also require that we resist the societal pressures to support British military personnel.
As the Trump administration continues to flout the “rule-based order”, we must remember that the liberal elements of the order now under siege emerged largely against the preference of dominant powers.
Britain could revert to its traditional role of serving as a bridge between Washington and Brussels, also considering the influence of human characteristics on leadership.
While tech discourse remains somewhat peripheral, it presents an opportunity to reshape the international narrative.
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