The world is more complicated than it was a decade ago when scholars ruminated on the capacity of International Relations Theory to understand or reflect what was happening in it.
Japan has embarked upon a transformative journey that signifies a departure from its conventional pacifist stance.
There is a need to understand better what shapes practical judgment, normative evaluation, and reflexive agency in meaning-negotiation processes in communities of practice.
IR cannot be reduced to abstract structural arguments based on clear causal relationships.
The case of Myanmar highlights how autocrats are leveraging social media as a political tool to not only react to but also proactively deter women’s online activism.
The dilemmas facing UK foreign policy cannot be solved by the combination of a mechanistic realism and the profession of progressive aims.
Calls for justice for Taiwanese victims have never gained the traction that they did in Korea and China.
Calls for the US to use its resources to unilaterally embark upon a programme of solar geoengineering are likely to grow louder in coming decades.
Think tanks have no shortage of ideas, but for their ideas to take hold, policymakers and other leaders must have the capacity to listen.
We invite PhD / doctoral students and early career academics to prepare articles outlining novel, or under appreciated, ideas that contribute to a better understanding of international relations – with a £1000 prize.
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