Sovereignty

Sexuality and Borders

Rosie Walters • Nov 28 2023 • Student Features

The claims of states in the Global North to be promoting LGBTQ+ rights around the world can serve to mask those same states’ violations of the rights of LGBTQ+ people from the Global South.

The State and Globalisation

Kevin Bloor • May 16 2022 • Articles

The process of globalisation has potentially altered how we should understand the role of the state within International Relations – both in theory and in practice.

Sovereignty and the Nation-State

Stephen McGlinchey • Mar 26 2022 • Online resources

When you look at a map of the world all the earth’s landmasses are divided by borders. Each of these are made (and remade) through historical events reflecting the key ordering principle of our global system.

Interview – Jan Lüdert

E-International Relations • Nov 15 2021 • Features

Jan Lüdert discusses normative practices of appropriateness, challenges to state sovereignty, decision-making in the United Nations, and pedagogies in international relations.

Interview – Eda Gunaydin

E-International Relations • Oct 27 2021 • Features

Eda Gunaydin talks about her research on the creation of post-state sovereignties by the Kurds of Rojava and the use of Western representations of women to justify interventions.

Prosecuting Heads of State: Sovereignty Immunity and the Anti-Impunity Norm

Yuna Han • Jul 16 2021 • Articles

Black-boxing the internal structure of the norm pushes us to think about contestation surrounding particular behavioural prescriptions in overly dichotomous terms.

Interview – Vincenc Kopeček

E-International Relations • Jul 16 2021 • Features

Vincenc Kopeček explores the key issues at the core of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the role of civil society, as well as his work on de facto states.

Review – Singapore Is Not An Island

Benjamin Tze Ern Ho • Jun 17 2021 • Features

Veteran diplomat Bilahari Kausikan explores the foreign policy dynamics of the island city-state of Singapore, including how it creates and maintains relevance in the region and beyond.

Interview – Igor Okunev

E-International Relations • May 25 2021 • Features

Igor Okunev talks to us about political geography, spatial analysis, the use of geospatial technology, and alternative approaches to sovereignty.

Review – James Ker-Lindsay’s YouTube Channel

Irene Fernández-Molina • Jan 24 2021 • Features

James Ker-Lindsay’s accessible YouTube videos provide a wealth of factual information, examples and analysis on the state, self-determination and secession.

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