International Theory

Neoliberalism in the UK and New Zealand: Validating Ideational Analyses

Antonios Vitalis • Jun 30 2022 • Essays

Analysing differences in social policy between NZ and the UK, which implemented similar economic policies 1984-1990, requires an ideationally focused critical lens.

Do Advances in Synthetic Biology have the Potential to Transform the Future of Warfare?

Kieran Green • Jun 26 2022 • Essays

The social, political, and operational environment within which advances in synthetic biology exist are crucial in shaping its potential impact on warfare.

Feminist IR Scholarship on Conflict and Women’s Agency Across Time and Terrain

Amy Capuano • Apr 28 2022 • Essays

Feminist scholars in different periods examine women’s agency in time of conflict from distinct, yet sometimes strikingly similar, perspectives.

Neopatrimonialism and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria

Olusola Samuel Oyetunde • Apr 26 2022 • Essays

In the context of democratic stagnation among new democracies, the author explores the features and negative consequences of neo-patrimonialism in Nigeria.

China’s ‘World-Class’ Military Modernisation

Ian Seow Cheng Wei • Apr 22 2022 • Essays

China’s military modernisation and restructuring is a complex endeavour involving personalities, domestic politics, foreign relations and the economy.

Transforming Global Food Systems: Centering Indigenous Land Returns

Fian Sullivan Sweeney • Apr 15 2022 • Essays

Greater land returns to Indigenous people and recognition of Indigenous sovereignty can address the worsening global food insecurity crises.

Decolonisation and Violence: What It Takes to Decolonise IR

Meindert Boersma • Apr 9 2022 • Essays

This essay seeks to understand what is envisioned for decolonizing IR. What does it take to realise this vision? Is it necessarily violent?

Eligibilizing Certain Populations: Hindutva Politics Of UP Population Bill 2021

Dipanita Malik • Mar 4 2022 • Essays

The 2021 UP Population Bill enables the UP state to consolidate focus on Hindutva politics that deploys aggressive policing of women and their reproductive capacities.

Gramscian Notions: Helpful for Research into Digital and Tech Corporations?

Giuliano Catalano • Feb 26 2022 • Essays

Analysing Big Tech as a transnational capitalist class, Gramscian thought provides an outlook on possible avenues of governance of the digital sphere.

Neo and the ‘Hacker Paradox’: A Discussion on the Securitization of Cyberspace

Bernardo Beiriz • Feb 24 2022 • Essays

Characterization of hackers as ‘IT professionals’ or as ‘computer hackers’ by the state influences the dynamics of cyberspace securitization.

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