Recognition in Global Politics: The Challenge of Images and Technology
While the role of recognition in world politics is ever more acknowledged, the technological and visual aspect of this process requires much greater consideration.
Border Crossings: Our Criminals, Their Criminals, and “Good Fences”
Not all borders are the same. But they all share one thing in common: people will cross them illegally if they can – if only for the fun of it.
Review – America Abroad
Brooks and Wohlforth’s book is a defense of deep engagement as a means to maintain a US-led international order but neglects the impact of domestic political issues.
Interview – Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
Prof. Adib-Moghaddam talks about his most recent book Psycho-Nationalism, Iran’s relations with the US, Iranian nationalism and the current role of political thinkers.
Trump’s Foreign Policy Mantra: ‘Whoever Pays For It!’
Key strands of Trump’s specific vision to make foreign policy have been fundamentally undermining the American-led liberal world order.
American Foreign Aid and Colombia’s Human Rights Tragedy
US foreign aid and policy discourses under the Bush administration facilitated the abuses that occurred in the context of Colombia’s post-9/11 war on drugs.
European Defence at a Crossroads
The recent emergence of the EU as a regional defence actor is gradually eroding the notion of the traditional Anglo-American driven European defence leadership of NATO.
Interview – Emma Sky
Former advisor to the US military in Iraq, Emma Sky, talks about her views on foreign intervention, US foreign policy, elections in Iraq and the two-state solution.
Towards a New Cold War?
Russia’s position requires that the West acquiesce to a Russian ‘sphere of influence’. In the EU, sensitivities about a ‘new Yalta’ will make that hard to accept.
Review – Seeing White
This affecting podcast series considers whiteness, privilege, and structural racism, and provides useful insights for the analysis of IR and knowledge production.
