Security

Interview – Anders Wivel

E-International Relations • Apr 14 2025 • Features

Anders Wivel explores how small states navigate global politics by linking theory and practice, challenging disciplinary silos, and shaping international order.

Caught between Scylla and Charybdis: Forced Displacement on the ‘Mind-map’ of Antagonistic Security

Laura Zuber • Apr 7 2025 • Articles

Scholarship engaging the raciality of capitalism, and feminist approaches, are well-equipped to understand antagonistic notions and practices of security.

Opinion – The Potential of Strategic Ambiguity for South Korean Security

Julian McBride • Mar 28 2025 • Articles

South Korea should open up its long taboo over weapons exports to Ukraine as North Korea becomes more intertwined with the war.

Review – Confronting China

Timothy R. Heath • Mar 1 2025 • Features

Confronting China offers sharp policy insights but leans too heavily on military competition, overlooking key economic and political factors in US-China rivalry.

Threat Perception in International Relations: The Neglected Dimension of Leaders’ On-Going Experience

Eitan Oren • Feb 18 2025 • Articles

The danger framework is an invitation to incorporate psychology and linguistics into global politics.

Review – To Run the World

Constantine Pleshakov • Jan 20 2025 • Features

While Radchenko’s examination of Russia’s struggle for recognition is compelling, the juggling of interpretive and narrative histories throughout the book lacks cohesion.

Interview – Marta Migliorati

E-International Relations • Dec 1 2024 • Features

Martia Migliorati explores shifts in Nordic security and defense policy, the implications of the Ukraine war, and the politicisation of the EU’s trade arrangements.

Interview – Steven Vogel

E-International Relations • Oct 27 2024 • Features

Steven Vogel outlines the concept of marketcraft, how it can be used to enhance economic and military security, the role of foreign policy, and Japanese security.

Interview – Stéphanie Martel

E-International Relations • Sep 1 2024 • Features

Stéphanie Martel explores the role of multilateral institutions, ASEAN’s aspirations to create a ‘security community’, and Canada’s international role.

Thinking Global Podcast – Kathleen McInnis

E-International Relations • May 21 2024 • Features

Kathleen McInnis speaks about podcasting the political, how podcasting can work as a mechanism of political discourse, ‘Smart Women, Smart Power’, and more.

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