Barry Buzan explores the evolution of IR, bridging history, theory, and interdisciplinary perspectives to rethink global order beyond Western-centric paradigms.
Brands offers sharp Cold War insights but leans to US centrism, overlooking Global South impacts and alternative perspectives into great-power rivalry.
The debate over the ending of the Ukraine war indicates that realpolitik has returned, and it’s not pleasant to watch.
Confronting China offers sharp policy insights but leans too heavily on military competition, overlooking key economic and political factors in US-China rivalry.
China’s growing trade, security, and political influence in Central Asia is a key testing ground for its broader geopolitical ambitions.
China has faced significant challenges from the United States and the European Union, who have responded with measures to counter China’s technological ascendancy.
While New Delhi and Beijing will remain invested in BRICS, their mutual antipathy will ensure that the gulf between the bloc’s soaring rhetoric and concrete action will remain vast.
The return of the Chagos chain to Mauritius is nothing other than strategic goals taking precedence, with decolonisation serving as window dressing.
Should Chinese and Brazilian leaders find ways to work together for a shared future, a more dynamic and multidimensional partnership seems likely.
Sciutto provides a thought-provoking examination of the interactions between great powers, despite a misleading title and omission of the role of smaller regional powers.
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