War

Review – Memory Makers

Oleksa Drachewych • Mar 15 2025 • Features

McGlynn’s timely book expertly unpacks Putin’s use of history to shape narratives but offers limited post-2022 analysis and only briefly explores global parallels.

Unseen Frontlines: Narratives on Sudanese Women in War

Aida Abbashar • Mar 1 2025 • Articles

Recognizing Sudanese women’s long-standing and irreplaceable participation is pivotal for a peaceful, prosperous, and democratic Sudan.

Review – 20 Days in Mariupol

Martin Duffy • Feb 15 2025 • Features

A gripping, evidence-based documentary on the Mariupol siege, blending brutal war footage with objective analysis, with a focus primarily on the Ukrainian side.

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.

Sexual Violence and War

Rosie Walters • Dec 8 2023 • Student Features

Sexual violence in conflict is a continuation or escalation of gendered violence towards women and men in peacetime – much of which takes place inside the home.

Thinking Global Podcast – The Laid-Back Book Club (Ep.1.)

E-International Relations • Jun 5 2023 • Features

Members of the E-International Relations podcast team speak about what they have been reading recently as part of ‘The Laid-Back Book Club’.

Visualising Peace: A Virtual Museum

Borrowing the words of Frank Möller, shifting from war to peace in discourse is a precondition for politics to move the same way.

Review – War, Survival Units, and Citizenship

Siniša Malešević • Nov 4 2022 • Features

Kaspersen’s book demonstrates the need for a wider debate on state formation and warfare, moving beyond neo-bellicist theories, but the proposed framework proves less convincing.

Review – Time Is A Mother

Martin Duffy • Sep 22 2022 • Features

This poetry collection includes themes of personal loss and mortality that also provide insights into broader political struggles and conflicts in IR.

Review – Feminist Solutions for Ending War

Madita Standke-Erdmann • Sep 8 2022 • Features

This book presents a wide variety of solutions to war that are grounded in feminist theory, and promotes awareness and discourse on the issue.

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