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Hobbesian Enmity and Resource Wars in Apocalyptic Popular Culture

Hobbesian Enmity and Resource Wars in Apocalyptic Popular Culture

Stories of global disaster and destruction have surged in popularity, often with grim predictions of near-future collapse.

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Evert jan van leeuwen

Opinion – Donald Trump vs Pope Leo XIV: Just War and the Emperor’s New Clothes

Opinion – Donald Trump vs Pope Leo XIV: Just War and the Emperor’s New Clothes

The Pope’s intervention brings into full light the unstated universalist assumptions that enabled Christianity to provide the moral underpinning of...

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David Chandler

War Minus the Shooting: Sports and World Politics

War Minus the Shooting: Sports and World Politics

Billions of people will watch the World Cup and the Olympics – academics should tune in too.

29.04.2026 20

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Aaron Ettinger

Opinion – It’s Time to Restore Back-Channel Diplomacy

Opinion – It’s Time to Restore Back-Channel Diplomacy

Leaders, especially those populist inclined, should relearn the historical lesson that effective diplomacy often requires knowing when to stay silent.

27.04.2026 30

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Jiachen shi

The War Against Iran Has Weakened the US in the Great Power Competition

The War Against Iran Has Weakened the US in the Great Power Competition

Overwhelming US-Israeli military superiority has failed to produce stable political outcomes or meet key strategic objectives.

27.04.2026 30

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Bülent Gökay

Thinking Global Podcast – T.V. Paul (Part Two)

Thinking Global Podcast – T.V. Paul (Part Two)

Professor T.V. Paul speaks in episode two of two on advice for early career researchers, international security, and artificial intelligence in the...

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E-International Relations

Artefacts of War, Politics of Memory: Material Witnesses in Occupied Kherson

Artefacts of War, Politics of Memory: Material Witnesses in Occupied Kherson

Everyday items have been transformed into historical artefacts that document multiple dimensions of the Kherson experience.

24.04.2026 40

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Liudmyla pidkuimukha

The Nuclear Brink Revisited: Assessing Coercive Diplomacy in Iran

The Nuclear Brink Revisited: Assessing Coercive Diplomacy in Iran

Without incorporating regime survival into coercive strategy, future nuclear crises are likely to follow similar trajectories of escalation and...

24.04.2026 40

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Martina sprague

Interview – Rhys Machold

Rhys Machold examines how homeland security operates globally through networks of power, colonial legacies and counterterrorism practices.

23.04.2026 60

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E-International Relations

Deterrence Without Alliance: What the Moroccan Crises Can Teach Japan and South Korea

A trilateral Entente, anchored by the United States, will coordinate deterrence efforts in Northeast Asia while preventing fragmentation during...

21.04.2026 30

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Ju Hyung Kim

Central Asia’s Ascent: From Geopolitical Object to Collective Actor

The transformation of Central Asia requires a significantly enhanced analytical structure that goes beyond the Russia-China dichotomy.

21.04.2026 40

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Islam supyaldiyarov

Deterrence Without Alliance: What the Moroccan Crises Can Teach Japan and South Korea

A trilateral Entente, anchored by the United States, will coordinate deterrence efforts in Northeast Asia while preventing fragmentation during...

20.04.2026 40

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Ju Hyung Kim

Opinion – The Need for a More Assertive Diplomatic Stance from China on Iran

While China is Iran’s main trading partner, pragmatism is the primary parameter for Chinese diplomacy.

20.04.2026 50

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Sergio Villarroel

Political Othering and the Discursive Construction of UK’s Small-Boat ‘Crisis’

Both Labour and Conservative politicians have framed small-boat refugees as threats, citing war metaphors, security concerns, and inauthenticity of...

19.04.2026 50

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Alyssa schofield

Israel’s Hidden Role in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Developments in the Israel-Palestine conflict should be also read in terms of their implications for the internal equilibrium of the OIC.

18.04.2026 50

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Loris botto

The Return of Power in a Fragmenting World

The story of globalisation has come full circle, not as the transcendence of geopolitics, but as the return of power at its very core.

17.04.2026 50

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Eko Ernada

Massacre Denied, Memory Punished: Hong Kong’s Totalitarian Court at Work

Authoritarian regimes consolidate power not only through coercion, but by monopolising narrative and memory.

17.04.2026 40

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Ka Hang Wong

The Iran War and the Indo-Pacific Cost of Selective Legality

The test posed by the Iran war is not Tehran’s character, it is in whether governments still believe that law binds friends as well as enemies.

16.04.2026 40

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Stefan Messingschlager

Why the Kuomintang’s Engagement with Beijing Undermines Taiwan’s Security

If Cheng Li-wun were to secure any form of commitment from the CCP, it would almost certainly come at the cost of diluting Taiwan’s will to defend...

15.04.2026 50

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Wayne tan and anita chu

Political Legitimacy, Monarchy, and Democratic Transition in Iran

A country of over ninety million people, with a long struggle for freedom, deserves more than a politics of fantasy financed by someone else’s...

13.04.2026 50

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Ramesh Sepehrrad

Opinion – When the Algorithm Becomes the Alibi

The bodies that algorithms generate are the undeniable testimony that what is being marketed as accuracy is in reality a novel and more effective...

13.04.2026 50

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Muhammad saad

Thinking Global Podcast – T.V. Paul (Part One)

T.V. Paul speaks about international security, Asian regional security, Indian foreign policy, and more.

13.04.2026 60

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E-International Relations

Review – The National Interest: Politics After Globalization

Cunliffe argues Western foreign policy has drifted from coherent national interests, fueling ideological wars and global disorder.

13.04.2026 60

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Zachary paikin

Fantasy, Messianism, and (Neo)Realism’s Limits in Explaining Russia-Ukraine War

Russia’s invasion was a performance of great power fantasy with Ukraine as object. This, along with increasingly centralised decision-making,...

11.04.2026 50

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Vanesa Valcheva

Review – Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind

Newitz explores how psychology, propaganda and storytelling evolved into tools of modern information warfare, shaping both military strategy and...

11.04.2026 50

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Luke M. Herrington

Opinion – Trump’s Distancing from NATO over Iran

Providing adequate nuclear deterrence vis-à-vis Russia, without the backing of the US, could prove to be a bridge too far for NATO countries.

09.04.2026 60

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Derrick wyatt

Recalling Ali Mazrui in Contemporary UN Reform Debates

The stability of the global order, for Mazrui, depends on how successfully the balance between homogenization and hegemonization is managed.

09.04.2026 80

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Seifudein Adem

Opinion – ZOPACAS at 40: A Reflection on Brazil-Africa Relations

The continuity of Brazil’s engagement within ZOPACAS will require domestic mobilization of government agencies and support for concrete cooperative...

08.04.2026 70

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Danilo marcondes

Now Recruiting: Commissioning Editors

Would you like to volunteer to help us bring the latest research and informed commentary to the largest International Relations academic audience on...

07.04.2026 70

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E-International Relations

Review – Dismantling the League of Nations

Mumby examines the organization’s complex dissolution, highlighting its prolonged liquidation and the role of human agency in the transition.

07.04.2026 60

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Fanga agbor martial

Thinking Global Podcast – Trine Flockhart, Aaron C. McKeil and Zachary Paikin

Trine Flockhart, Aaron C. McKeil and Zachary Paikin speak with Kieran about Disorder, Contestation and the project of ‘Rebooting’ Global...

06.04.2026 60

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Opinion – The 47-Year War of Attrition in the Middle East and North Africa

It took nearly 50 years to find an administration that would adjust the seating, so to speak, in the Middle East and North Africa.

06.04.2026 40

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Patricia Sohn

Interview – Carlos Lopes

Carlos Lopes argues that Africa must move beyond aid dependency, embrace industrial policy, and assert strategic autonomy to reshape its role in a...

06.04.2026 90

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E-International Relations

The International Political Economy of Corporations and Post-Pandemic Inflation

In line with seller’s inflation theory, corporations raised prices beyond increased costs to lift profit margins, unfearful of dip in demand due to...

04.04.2026 100

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Niall brady

The Uncomfortable Middle Ground in the Australia-China Research Relationship

Australia’s research ties with China create a dilemma as security concerns require scrutiny of collaboration while also limiting engagement with a...

03.04.2026 100

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Elena collinson

Opinion – The Politics of Age: Leadership in Europe and Beyond

Political leaders require sufficient time in office to mature, learn, and realize their full potential.

02.04.2026 70

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Asteris huliaras

The Carter Doctrine and the Limits of Liminal Conflict in the Persian Gulf

The crisis in the Persian Gulf is not only a geopolitical rupture but a potential inflection point in the organization of the global political...

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Richard W. Coughlin

The Communist Party of China Reaches Out to Africa

Africa is effectively a testing ground for expanding China’s reach and exporting its authoritarian governance model.

01.04.2026 60

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David H. Shinn

The Kurdish Side of the Iran War

The Kurds risk being cast once more as useful fighters who are excluded when it comes to the negotiating table about the division of spoils.

01.04.2026 50

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Hamit ekinci and vassilis k. fouskas

Power, Not Law? Venezuela as a Breach of Jus ad Bellum and State Sovereignty

Trump’s operation in Venezuela is not merely an illegal act but an assault on the architecture designed to prevent such acts.

01.04.2026 50

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Baya amouri

Interview – Nicole Bourbonnais

Nicole Bourbonnais highlights how reproduction studies draw on diverse disciplines to explore why people have children and how reproductive politics...

01.04.2026 80

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E-International Relations

Review – Black Girl from Pyongyang

Black Girl from Pyongyang offers a rare insider memoir of an elite yet isolated upbringing in North Korea, revealing contradictions, control, and a...

01.04.2026 80

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Martin Duffy

Interview – Catherine Rottenberg

Catherine Rottenberg highlights feminist solidarities and urges collective rage and care to resist authoritarianism and neoliberalism in today’s...

29.03.2026 80

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E-International Relations

Opinion – Bangladesh’s Election and the Politics of India’s Eastern Borderlands

Bangladesh’s electoral result isn’t just being reported in India; it’s being actively manufactured into electoral ammunition.

27.03.2026 100

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Rudabeh Shahid

Opinion – Why We Owe Ukraine More Than Sympathy

Support for Ukraine is not charity; it is a matter of duty to a neighbour and to the political order that protects us all.

26.03.2026 50

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Gordon w. thomson

No Room for Maneuver: Why Structure Forces Taiwan’s Strategic Choice

In the tragedy of great power politics, those who mistake transient tactical convenience for permanent peace invariably find themselves in the...

26.03.2026 70

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Wayne tan and anita chu

Assessing Israel’s Apology to Qatar for the September 2025 Hamas Attacks

Qatar’s substantial influence on, and ties with, the United States are at the heart of understanding Israel’s actions.

26.03.2026 90

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Ali alabdali

Stewardship or Monument: Donald Trump and the Politics of Posterity

Trump’s second mandate reveals a distinctive approach to presidential authority designed not primarily to administer, but to imprint himself as a...

24.03.2026 100

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Arthur Michelino

Opinion – Bukele and the Latin American Trilemma

The current Latin American context suggests a trilemma allowing for only two of these values simultaneously: liberal democracy, security, and...

23.03.2026 70

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Luis Gouveia Jr

Iran at War: Deterrence, National Identity, and Existential Stakes

Once direct war reaches the homeland, Tehran is likely to interpret the conflict less as a bargaining contest over influence than as a confrontation...

22.03.2026 100

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Tewfik Hamel