Opinion – Venezuela and the Cost of Abandoning South American Collective Defense
The internationalization of the Venezuelan crisis is neither inevitable nor simply the result of domestic authoritarian drift
Opinion – Trump’s Spectacle of Domination in Venezuela
If drug enforcement were the operative concern in Trump’s calculus, Venezuela would barely register.
The Diffuse Unilateralism of Trump’s Venezuela Intervention
This sustained character of Trump’s foreign policy decisions constitute a reversal of multilateral expectations after the end of the Cold War.
Neo-Ottomanism as Civilizational Nationalism: Turkey’s Quest for Identity
Neo-Ottomanism represents a civilizational state nationalism of restorative nostalgia, seeking the restoration of imperial status in a hierarchical world.
Contested Horizons in Post-Ba’ath Syria
Syrian politics today looks like a frontline of totalising projects competing to own the future in the name of the nation, the revolution, or the country.
Ulster’s Political Hauntology and the Forces Research Unit
The emerging academic sub-discipline of political hauntology explores how the past, especially lost or failed futures, can haunt the present.
Opinion – Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland
Israel’s move to spearhead the re-recognition of Somaliland is a watershed moment that marks a potential point of no return in Somaliland’s quest for de jure sovereignty.
Rethinking the ‘Illiberal International’: Power, Fragmentation, and Institutions
Institutional contestation is less a marker of illiberal capacity and more an indication of liberal ambivalence.
The Far-Right and the Construction of the Red Enemy in Latin America
Discursive construction in the region centres on identifying left-leaning politics as the primary opponent, rather than the managerial global elites.
Opinion – How Latin America Can Navigate the US-China Trade War
While the longstanding effects of the Trump era trade war affect everyone, Latin American countries are vulnerable but not defenseless.
