Archive for January 21st, 2017

Interview – Walter Mignolo/Part 2: Key Concepts

E-International Relations • Jan 21 2017 • Features

Prof. Mignolo explains the difference between decolonization and decoloniality, the similarity of modernity and coloniality, and describes humanity’s planetary dimension.

Mainstream Film and the Middle East

Patricia Sohn • Jan 21 2017 • Articles

A recent trend in film-making is bringing to Western audiences a more grounded Middle East.

Crossings and Candles: A Reflection on the Discipline of International Relations

Peter Vale • Jan 21 2017 • Articles

There is a paradox which stalks the discipline of IR: as it speaks of peace, the principle of sovereignty, which is at the centre of its world view, looks out upon messy – and often very violent – social relationships.

Managing Global Security beyond ‘Pax Americana’

Harvey M. Sapolsky • Jan 21 2017 • Articles

The rivalry of superpowers that we saw in the 20th century was a certain kind of world order. The hubris of one rich and powerful nation, the USA, is another – and one that is likely to end soon.

Review – Splinterlands

Richard W. Coughlin • Jan 21 2017 • Features

Feffer’s novel is a compelling, short and readable account of what may happen to our world when forms of global integration disintegrate and there is no common future.

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