Interview – Igor Okunev
Igor Okunev talks to us about political geography, spatial analysis, the use of geospatial technology, and alternative approaches to sovereignty.
Review – James Ker-Lindsay’s YouTube Channel
James Ker-Lindsay’s accessible YouTube videos provide a wealth of factual information, examples and analysis on the state, self-determination and secession.
The Performativity of Sovereignty: Challenging Essentialism within IR Theory
Paradoxically, Waltz, Jackson and their predecessors have perpetuated the structuration of the international order as one of hierarchy rather than anarchy.
Review – Vernacular Sovereignties: Indigenous Women Challenging World Politics
The book maps the intersecting forms of oppression Indigenous women and subverts colonial histories through the narration of resistance.
Review – Break All the Borders: Separatism and the Reshaping of the Middle East
An ambitious book that analyses how recent developments in Middle Eastern politics have affected the regional order from an international relations perspective.
State-Building, Sovereignty and Migration Management in the Global South
State migration policy has a long history of being used as a means of creating or preserving a particular (often racialized) form of national identity.
Opinion – The Rise of Mercenarism: Avoiding International Accountability
Mercenaries provide a semi-permanent stronghold in Libya for acting as substitutes for those times when countries cannot rely on their national armies.
The Medieval Foundations of the Theory of Sovereignty
The differences between the late medieval ideal of sovereignty and its early modern counterpart amounted to more of a variation on a theme than a difference in kind.
Review – Social Closure and International Society
Naylor’s framework analyses how state and non-state actors compete for status within international society by focusing on social division, stratification and closure.
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.
