Thinking Global Podcast – Rumela Sen

E-International Relations • Nov 17 2025 • Features

Dr. Rumela Sen speaks with the Thinking Global team about South Asian rebellions, the challenges of fieldwork, Nepalese Politics, digital transnational repression, and much more.

Does the ICC Work? Legal Innovation and Political Constraints in Global Justice

Han Lu • Nov 17 2025 • Essays

The ICC has advanced international law, but its enforcement remains constrained by geopolitics, reflecting the power imbalances it seeks to correct.

Donald Trump: Reconfiguring Global Order

Behind what appears (and sometimes is) capricious Trump Administration decision making are policymakers with serious plans for the world.

The Colonial and Its Discontents: Anti-Colonialism, Decolonization, and Post-Colonialism

Francisco Lobo • Nov 15 2025 • Articles

Decolonising is not about deleting; rather it is to situate the histories and knowledges that do not originate from the West in the context of colonialism and power.

The House of the Post-Colonial Spirits

Francisco Lobo • Nov 15 2025 • Articles

Post-colonial echoes perfectly encapsulate all the wondrous things history has to offer to those whose minds are wise enough not to lose sight of the past and whose hearts remain open to all the many possibilities of the future.

All Under Heaven: China’s Awakening

Francisco Lobo • Nov 13 2025 • Articles

China has become skilled at waging lawfare to advance its interests in the Indo-Pacific through black legal ops, including what has been characterized as a ‘legal blitzkrieg’ in Hong Kong.

Opinion – Anchored Autonomy: Europe’s Strategy for a Post-Complacent Age

Stefan Messingschlager • Nov 13 2025 • Articles

Donald Trump’s transactional return and America’s accelerated pivot toward the Indo-Pacific have ended Europe’s post-Cold War strategic complacency.

The Silicon Conquistadors: Humanity and Digital Colonialism in the Age of AI

Francisco Lobo • Nov 12 2025 • Articles

We don’t have to wait for AI to develop self-awareness and (perhaps more unlikely) ethical self-control to have a serious conversation about the dangers of this new trend.

Editorial Assistant Internship (Voluntary/Remote)

E-International Relations • Nov 11 2025 • Articles

We seek students, at any level, to help us do some research into Masters programs around the world.

Opinion – A Mitigation Amendment to Keep Paris Alive?

Jacopo Bencini • Nov 11 2025 • Articles

Strategic climate partnerships, or coalitions, must lead the way by sheltering the Paris architecture while inspiring national policies or multi-stakeholder initiatives.

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