Opinion – If You Want Peace, Help Ukraine with the War

Svitlana Chernykh and Charles Miller • Jun 1 2025 • Articles

The more doubt there is that the US will support Ukraine, the better the future trajectory of the war is from the Russian perspective.

Donald Trump’s War on Global Development

Trump’s policies highlight a far-right backwardness that impacts the global development world exponentially; whether those in power can sustain the impacts is to be seen.

Wargaming in the US Military: Ludic Militarism and the Production of Warfighters

Aggie Hirst • May 31 2025 • Articles

By means of a deconstructive play mode we can perhaps glimpse some of the ways our games produce our realities and ourselves.

When International Rituals Go Wrong: Ritual Failure and the 2025 Munich Security Conference

Simon Koschut • May 31 2025 • Articles

The rituals of diplomacy are vital mechanisms of cohesion, reassurance, and collective meaning-making.

Opinion – A Passport to Power: June 4th and the Making of Hong Kong’s Loyalist Class

Ka Hang Wong • May 31 2025 • Articles

The British government should grant citizenship to those who have stood up for Hong Kong’s freedoms.

Beyond the West: Civilizational Narratives and the Struggle for a New Global Order

Ahmet Erdi Öztürk and Umut Can Adisonmez • May 27 2025 • Articles

As Western institutions falter and global power diffuses, non-Western actors are seizing the opportunity to redefine norms on their own terms.

The Prospects for Another War in Tigray

Worku Aberra • May 27 2025 • Articles

Shifting loyalties, Abiy Ahmed’s expansionist ambitions, the Tigrayan elite’s secessionist agenda, TPLF miscalculation, and foreign interference have created a volatile situation.

Governmentality and Digital Power: A Foucauldian Analysis of Pakistan’s PECA

Syed Muhammad Mehdi • May 26 2025 • Articles

PECA is not just a legal instrument, but a political technology embodying Foucauldian governmentality in its most modern, digital form.

Democratic Recalibration? Highlighting the Post-Strongman Landscape in Contemporary Asia

Mia Mahmudur Rahim • May 26 2025 • Articles

The downfalls of a series of leaders and regimes underscores the fragility of authoritarian rule and the demand for democratic governance.

Do Leader Visits Still Matter? Reflections on a Remarkable Week in Global Diplomacy

Ali Balcı • May 26 2025 • Articles

Structural forces set the stage for global politics, but the personal diplomacy of leading figures actively constructs the contours of geopolitical landscapes.