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Opinion – Evidence that Georgia Deployed WW1-Era Chemicals against Demonstrators

Opinion – Evidence that Georgia Deployed WW1-Era Chemicals against Demonstrators

The IR community are increasingly alarmed by the deteriorating civil-society landscape in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Most recently,...

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E-International

Martin Duffy

Opinion – Okinawa’s Struggle with Ongoing US Military Presence

Opinion – Okinawa’s Struggle with Ongoing US Military Presence

When the U.S. occupied Japan from 1945 to 1952, it established military bases in Okinawa. When the occupation ended in 1952, Japan allowed the U.S....

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Peter Chai

Opinion – The Mearsheimer Logic Underlying Trump’s National Security Strategy

Opinion – The Mearsheimer Logic Underlying Trump’s National Security Strategy

The recently released Trump Administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS) has upended what had been the decades-long consensus about American...

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Mark N. Katz

Interview – Ankit Panda

Interview – Ankit Panda

Ankit Panda is the Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research interests...

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E-International Relations

Opinion – Alliance Shock Revisited: What 1968-69 Means for 2025

Opinion – Alliance Shock Revisited: What 1968-69 Means for 2025

In January 1968, North Korean special forces penetrated the very heart of Seoul in order to assassinate South Korean president Park Chung-hee. The...

17.12.2025 6

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Ju Hyung Kim

The State of China’s Soft Power in 2025

The State of China’s Soft Power in 2025

Five years ago, I published an article titled “The State of China’s Soft Power in 2020”. In its opening, I noted that China’s ability to...

17.12.2025 2

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Daniele Carminati

The Hedley Bull – Ali Mazrui Dialogue as a Metaphor for IR

The Hedley Bull – Ali Mazrui Dialogue as a Metaphor for IR

When the Kenyan-born academic Ali A. Mazrui stepped onto the global stage of scholarship in the 1960s, the study of international relations was...

17.12.2025 1

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Seifudein Adem

Opinion – China’s Expanding Security Footprint in Africa

Opinion – China’s Expanding Security Footprint in Africa

Over the past decade, China has substantially increased its security engagements across Africa – from peacekeeping and naval patrols to military...

17.12.2025 6

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Georg Lammich

The Revolutionary New Dynamics of the 2025 National Security Strategy of the United States

The Revolutionary New Dynamics of the 2025 National Security Strategy of the United States

A blunt assertion of political intent that rides roughshod over the sensibilities of friend and foe alike, the 2025 National Security Strategy...

17.12.2025 10

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Seán Molloy

The Security Council Resolutions: Is Decolonisation in Danger?

The Security Council Resolutions: Is Decolonisation in Danger?

The normalisation of Morocco’s annexation of Western Sahara by the United Nations (UN) Security Council, as envisaged by Resolution 2797, adopted...

16.12.2025 10

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi And Victor Kattan

Opinion – The Dual Track Stability of AUKUS and the QUAD

Opinion – The Dual Track Stability of AUKUS and the QUAD

The Trump Administration recently reaffirmed support for AUKUS – the high tech security pact between the US, UK and Australia initially unveiled in...

15.12.2025 10

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Christopher Burke

Trump and the Politics of the Permanent Exception

Trump and the Politics of the Permanent Exception

In contemporary liberal democracies, the distinction between what counts as ordinary political activity and what belongs to the realm of exception...

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Arthur Michelino

Hong Kong Fire: Dissent and Alarm under the National Security Law

Hong Kong Fire: Dissent and Alarm under the National Security Law

Travelling via metro in the evening of 26th November, the blaze caught all passengers’ eyes in disbelief near the Tai Po Market Station. The sheer...

15.12.2025 10

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Ho-Yeung Yiu

Opinion – The Emerging Phenomena of ‘Fake’ International Election Observation

Opinion – The Emerging Phenomena of ‘Fake’ International Election Observation

Election observation has become a staple of “credibility-assurance” in international relations. Formal poll watching is almost as old as democratic...

15.12.2025 10

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Martin Duffy

AI Companions and the Threat of Weaponized Synthetic Intimacy

AI Companions and the Threat of Weaponized Synthetic Intimacy

The emergence of AI companions represents a profound shift in how people relate to technology. Originally designed to answer queries, provide...

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Ilan Manor