Articles

Why are South Koreans So Opposed to Accepting Refugees?

Once South Korea starts to feel the full impact of its declining birth rate, politicians and the public may be more welcoming to refugee resettlement.

Opinion – Governments Have Failed in Latin America’s Fight Against Climate Change

Maria Areyan Hernandez and Shauna N. Gillooly • Oct 21 2023 • Articles

Even as different communities leverage their governments to make changes, more international and transnational solidarity is needed.

What Do We Know about Alliances and Military Spending?  

Joshua Alley and Brian Blankenship • Oct 21 2023 • Articles

In the face of direct threats, where potential opponents are carefully weighing alliance credibility, calling alliance commitment into question may increase the risk of costly wars.

Psychological Othering in South Asia: Root Causes and Pathways for an Enduring Solution

While the past witnessed othering and partition, and the present carries the legacy of the past, it is not necessary that the future resembles either of these.

Reflecting on International Terrorism after the Hamas Attacks on Israel

Sylvain Keller • Oct 17 2023 • Articles

The international community needs to consider the potential use of the conflict in and around Israel by terrorist groups in the form of a strategy of wider retaliation.

Abolish International Development: The Militant Anti-Imperial Praxis of Thomas Sankara

Amber Murrey • Oct 17 2023 • Articles

Sankara’s struggle was to fully reconceive the terrain of struggle and its relationship with knowledge, culture, and economy – a kind of decolonial ‘worldmaking’.

Opinion – China’s Role in Mediating Middle East Crises

Sophie Wushuang Yi • Oct 17 2023 • Articles

As a nation with a historical consciousness of humiliation and a desire for rejuvenation, China can bring a unique perspective to the table.

Cracking the ‘So What’ Code by Facing Anxiety in Research

Linus Hagström and Karl Gustafsson • Oct 17 2023 • Articles

Graduate students and researchers should accept anxiety as a companion that can foster creativity, rather than viewing it as an obstacle to be avoided at all costs.

Opinion – Cambodia’s Personalist Dictatorship

Martin Duffy • Oct 17 2023 • Articles

The recent election is further evidence of the death of Cambodian democracy and regime transition under Hun Manet.

Opinion – A New Balance in Sino-US Relations?

He Xiaheng Derek • Oct 16 2023 • Articles

The new balance is, and will remain, about managing confrontations and reducing misperceptions that could lead things out of control.

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