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Ethiopia-Somalia Tensions: Power Dynamics and Extra-Regional Actors in the Red Sea Region
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Opinion – Trump, Shattered Diplomacy and International Society
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The Paradox of Trump 2.0
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Opinion – Europe’s Need for an Indo-Pacific Strategy
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Icons and Stewards: How World Order Shapes Leadership and Legacy
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Rwanda: A State of Resilience
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Monroe Reinterpreted: Trump 2.0’s Contemporary Approach to Latin America
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Caught between Scylla and Charybdis: Forced Displacement on the ‘Mind-map’ of Antagonistic Security
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Opinion – Japan’s Military Awakening
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Opinion – Weakened US Relations Is Pushing Europe Towards China
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Review – Base Towns
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Are Autistic People Truly at Greater Risk of Being Radicalised?
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Opinion – UK Militarism Can (and Must) Be Resisted
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Opinion – Mexico’s Historical Vision for Free Trade in the Trump Era
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Brexit Britain in the Transatlantic Standoff: Bridging the Gap?
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US-Israel Tech and Business Bonds: Advancing Innovation for Mutual Benefit
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Interview – David Galbreath
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Opinion – The Gripen Illusion: Sweden’s Fighter Jet is Under America’s Thumb
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Protests in Turkey Amid a Global Shift to the Right
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Regional Neorealism: Rethinking Geography and Geopolitical Competition
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Opinion – For Lasting Peace Armenia Needs to Remove Territorial Claims From Its Constitution
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Opinion – The Colonial Roots of the Ongoing Uyghur Genocide
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Opinion – The Potential of Strategic Ambiguity for South Korean Security
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Reflecting on the 75th Anniversary of Indonesian-Turkish Relations
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Opinion – UN Secretary-General’s Visit Empowers Bangladesh
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The Diplomat: Gender and Security in Popular Culture
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ASEAN Centrality and Its Narratives in an Evolving Regional Order
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Iran at a Historical Crossroads
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Opinion – Narrative without Strategy in the West’s Ukraine Position
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Interview – Amitav Acharya
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Review Feature – The Drivers of Russian Imperialism and War Against Ukraine
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Situating Mauritius in India’s Broader Oceanic Strategy
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Neorealism’s Regional Blindspot: The Arctic and South China Sea
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Is “Backwardness” a Problematic Concept of Uneven and Combined Development?
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Opinion – Ukraine’s Post-War Energy Future
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Opinion – Counter-Terrorism and Intellectual Co-Optation in Bangladesh
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Opinion – Polarisation and Collective Action: The EU at a Crossroads
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How the War in Ukraine Strengthened Latvia’s European Credentials and International Standing
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JD Vance: The Man, The Meme, The Bipartisan Paradox
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The End of US Democracy and the Implications for International Relations
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Opinion – Recognizing Syria’s New Government Risks Middle East Stability
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Opinion – Technocolonialism Across the Pacific
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Review – Memory Makers
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Interview – Gerardo L. Munck
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Erdoğan’s Foreign Policy: Strategy Without Doctrine
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Opinion – Post-Assad Syria’s Cautionary Tale
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Opinion – The Impact of an Indecisive America on the Indo-Pacific
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Goodbye West: Long Live World Order
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Interview – Jorge Heine

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Retired ambassador Jorge Heine sees Global IR and Active Non-Alignment as key for the Global South to break free from outdated paradigms and shape a multipolar world.

Interview – Anders Wivel

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Anders Wivel explores how small states navigate global politics by linking theory and practice, challenging disciplinary silos, and shaping international order.

Ethiopia-Somalia Tensions: Power Dynamics and Extra-Regional Actors in the Red Sea Region

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Increased alignment and overlap between local and regional rivalries has increased the willingness of actors to take assertive action.

Opinion – Trump, Shattered Diplomacy and International Society

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Trump’s break with traditional diplomatic norms is a potential pivot point where new expectations and possibilities for state behaviour may emerge.

The Paradox of Trump 2.0

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As Trump's MAGA-themed US retreats from global leadership, it risks ceding geopolitical ground to China and descending into domestic instability.

Opinion – Europe’s Need for an Indo-Pacific Strategy

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Europe’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific can and should be defined as a strategically ambiguous deterrent.

Icons and Stewards: How World Order Shapes Leadership and Legacy

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Iconic leaders are products of structural rupture – emerging from an order that marginalized certain states and communities and finding expression through political agency.

Rwanda: A State of Resilience

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New modes of political experimentation in African states may have important lessons for those seeking to find ways to address the democratic malaise within Western societies.

Monroe Reinterpreted: Trump 2.0’s Contemporary Approach to Latin America

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Trump's preference for bilateral agreements threatens to weaken regional unity on critical issues such as climate change, inequality, poverty, and organized crime.

Caught between Scylla and Charybdis: Forced Displacement on the ‘Mind-map’ of Antagonistic Security

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The logic of antagonistic security underpins material realities in contemporary migration governance at whose sharp ends await the necropolitics of criminalisation, surveillance, destitution and premature death.

Opinion – Japan’s Military Awakening

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Japanese remilitarization will benefit the people of Japan and offer be a much-needed counterbalance in the Indo-Pacific.

Opinion – Weakened US Relations Is Pushing Europe Towards China

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Overdependence on any single actor will leave Europe vulnerable to external pressures.

Review – Base Towns

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Kim sheds light on how anti-base activism in Korea and Japan disrupts U.S. basing politics, urging us to value the lives of those living near bases.

Are Autistic People Truly at Greater Risk of Being Radicalised?

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The sensationalist media narrative of autism as a ‘risk factor’ must be avoided and autistic people who could be vulnerable to radicalisation should be seen as victims over threats.

Opinion – UK Militarism Can (and Must) Be Resisted

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Rejecting martial violence will also require that we resist the societal pressures to support British military personnel.

Opinion – Mexico’s Historical Vision for Free Trade in the Trump Era

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As the Trump administration continues to flout the “rule-based order”, we must remember that the liberal elements of the order now under siege emerged largely against the preference of dominant powers.

Brexit Britain in the Transatlantic Standoff: Bridging the Gap?

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Britain could revert to its traditional role of serving as a bridge between Washington and Brussels, also considering the influence of human characteristics on leadership.

US-Israel Tech and Business Bonds: Advancing Innovation for Mutual Benefit

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While tech discourse remains somewhat peripheral, it presents an opportunity to reshape the international narrative.

Interview – David Galbreath

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David Galbreath examines the impact of technology on warfare, the future of NATO, European defense challenges, and the shifting focus of U.S. strategic priorities.

Opinion – The Gripen Illusion: Sweden’s Fighter Jet is Under America’s Thumb

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Mark Carney has argued that Canada should consider acquiring the Saab Gripen instead of the F-35, yet Washington can veto any sale.

Protests in Turkey Amid a Global Shift to the Right

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The current juncture represents a particularly dismal chapter in Turkey's history that displays all the traits of economic crisis and political exhaustion.

Regional Neorealism: Rethinking Geography and Geopolitical Competition

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Regional neorealism brings both offensive and defensive schools together to produce a lens for a planet in flux.

Opinion – For Lasting Peace Armenia Needs to Remove Territorial Claims From Its Constitution

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The draft agreement on peace does not address reparations and responsibility for the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Opinion – The Colonial Roots of the Ongoing Uyghur Genocide

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Only by reframing this as a crisis of occupation, colonization, and national survival can the path to justice become clear.

Opinion – The Potential of Strategic Ambiguity for South Korean Security

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South Korea should open up its long taboo over weapons exports to Ukraine as North Korea becomes more intertwined with the war.

Reflecting on the 75th Anniversary of Indonesian-Turkish Relations

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As two rising middle powers, Indonesia and Türkiye should support each other in reinforcing their roles in regional and international affairs.

Opinion – UN Secretary-General’s Visit Empowers Bangladesh

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António Guterres' visit serves as a reminder that as Bangladesh continues its journey towards stability and prosperity, UN support will remain a cornerstone of its progress.

The Diplomat: Gender and Security in Popular Culture

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Television shows are one space where security practices are made meaningful, legitimized, and re-presented to audiences.

ASEAN Centrality and Its Narratives in an Evolving Regional Order

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ASEAN should develop more robust institutional mechanisms, enhance its strategic autonomy, and engage proactively with external initiatives.

Iran at a Historical Crossroads

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The coming chapter in Iran's story – reform, revolution, or something else – will likely detail how Tehran handles the loss of its proxy network.

Opinion – Narrative without Strategy in the West’s Ukraine Position

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For Europe, the real test lies not only in how the war ends, but in what kind of order emerges after it.

Interview – Amitav Acharya

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Acharya challenges Eurocentric IR by tracing the roots of world order to diverse civilisations, urging a shift toward a truly global, inclusive, and multiplex perspective.

Review Feature – The Drivers of Russian Imperialism and War Against Ukraine

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The two books in this feature evaluate the drivers of the Russia-Ukraine war, whilst differing on the significance of history for contemporary analyses of the war.

Situating Mauritius in India’s Broader Oceanic Strategy

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Mauritius is a key stakeholder in the evolving security and economic architecture of the Indian Ocean.

Neorealism’s Regional Blindspot: The Arctic and South China Sea

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Neorealism’s greatest flaw isn’t in its core assumptions about power and security, but in its inability to recognize that the international system is not experienced in a consistent manner.

Is “Backwardness” a Problematic Concept of Uneven and Combined Development?

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Backwardness, (re)understood as self-perceived backwardness, is an important concept without which Uneven and Combined Development’s explanation of historical change is incomplete.

Opinion – Ukraine’s Post-War Energy Future

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With the right approach, Ukraine could transform itself into a key player of the European gas market.

Opinion – Counter-Terrorism and Intellectual Co-Optation in Bangladesh

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An intellectual honey trap shaped by counter-terrorism politics undermines democracy and human rights by co-opting academics into state narratives.

Opinion – Polarisation and Collective Action: The EU at a Crossroads

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More and rapid integration is not a choice but a necessity if the EU is to be taken seriously in the emerging multipolar world.

How the War in Ukraine Strengthened Latvia’s European Credentials and International Standing

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has firmly discredited the Russian historical narrative, which threatens Latvia’s national unity.

JD Vance: The Man, The Meme, The Bipartisan Paradox

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Vance’s case represents the transformation of politics into a spectacle where engagement is measured not by votes, but by clicks, shares, and digital distortions.

The End of US Democracy and the Implications for International Relations

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Trump's illiberalism will leave the world with three dominant military powers that are all non-democratic: China, Russia and the US.

Opinion – Recognizing Syria’s New Government Risks Middle East Stability

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The acceptance of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham in Syria has shown that states prioritize strategic interests over legal values.

Opinion – Technocolonialism Across the Pacific

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As satellite networks like Starlink have become the shipping lanes and trading posts of our digital era, tech giants and their billionaire owners increasingly function with colonial power.

Review – Memory Makers

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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.

Interview – Gerardo L. Munck

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Gerardo Munck explores global political history, democracy-capitalism tensions, and Latin America's role in shaping political thought beyond Eurocentric theories.

Erdoğan’s Foreign Policy: Strategy Without Doctrine

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Erdoğan has used foreign policy as a tool for domestic political survival, framing Turkey as a besieged nation fighting Western imperialists.

Opinion – Post-Assad Syria’s Cautionary Tale

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The celebration of Assad’s fall was, at best, premature and, at worst, a dangerous endorsement of forces that may bring further suffering to Syria’s already devastated people.

Opinion – The Impact of an Indecisive America on the Indo-Pacific

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Without concrete deterrence, US allies in the region would have no choice but to pursue independent nuclear programs.

Goodbye West: Long Live World Order

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Saying goodbye to the West should not be bemoaned, rather it might accelerate the arrival of a multiplex world where there is no single hegemon or select group of powers.