Islamic State Men and Women Must be Treated the Same
Treating men and women ISIS members differently in court not only undermines judicial fairness, it also hinders counterterrorism and threatens security.
The Namelessness of Lives: What’s Not in a Name?
While our personal names shape perceptions, the labels used to describe our gendered selves and desires are radically different to different people across time and place.
Review – Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Politics
This handbook challenges the disciplinary fortress of IR and opens up a world of investigatory possibilities by equating post-colonial politics with global politics.
Sex, Tongue, and International Relations
We must tackle the problem of sexual liberation to show how global narratives assert the existence of diverse sexualities but also impose external arrangements.
Interview – Abbey Steele
Abbey Steele talks to us about the Colombian conflict, forms of displacement, the practice of ‘subcontracted state-building’, her fieldwork in Colombia and women in IR.
Interview – Gustav Meibauer
Postdoctoral Fellow, Gustav Meibauer, discusses the effectiveness of ‘hybrid tools’ of foreign policy, neoclassical realism, diversity within IR and teaching innovations.
Review – Race, Gender, and Culture in International Relations
The book crafts unique and insightful approaches to security, political economy, nationalism and IR which build upon a wealth of scholarship on race, gender, and culture.
International Women’s Day Interviews
To celebrate International Women’s Day we asked former interviewees whether they think the discipline of IR has made important strides to equally incorporate women.
Review – Becoming
Obama’s account of her personal struggles growing up and as First Lady brings relevant questions of race and gender in US and international politics to the fore.
The Fight Continues: New Access to Abortion Services in Ireland
It has been ten months since Ireland voted to allow abortions. But protests, fraudulent help-lines and websites by pro-life groups mean the fight is still on-going.
