Articles

Reversal of (Im)mobility Privilege and Borders During COVID-19

Houssem Ben Lazreg and Wael Garnaoui • May 18 2020 • Articles

In many people’s minds, closing borders means repelling migrants. But, Covid-19 has ridiculed this assumption as borders are not vanishing but rather metamorphosing.

The Global South is in Exile

Mariana Kalil • May 17 2020 • Articles

The Global South is not anywhere specific, neither a specific race, ethnicity, gender or epistemology, but everyone who is a marginalized thinker denouncing their condition while yielding more feasible thoughts.

Call for Papers – Dignity in Movement: Borders, Bodies and Rights

Jasmin Lilian Diab • May 15 2020 • Articles

A new edited book will seek to explore developments across the Migration sphere – including law, global health, border management, illegal migration and intersectional experiences.

The Global South in Times of Crisis: A China–Africa Relations View

Ilaria Carrozza • May 14 2020 • Articles

Developing countries have an opportunity to provide the rest of the world with best practices of solidarity and generosity. A younger and more digitally connected population is among the positive signs of this.

The COVID-19 Experiment in Minsk

David R. Marples • May 14 2020 • Articles

Lukashenka may or not may be the last dictator of Europe. But that he has risked the lives of thousands for a commemorative event is undeniable. It may be the epitaph of his lengthy presidency.

Writing About Displaced People in the Time of Coronavirus

Phil Cole • May 14 2020 • Articles

The pandemic is simply exposing the ongoing precarity of the displaced rather than disrupting their ‘normal’ lives, and so there is much to learn about what international protection should look like.

Applying Securitization’s Second Generation to COVID-19

Lewis Eves and James Thedham • May 14 2020 • Articles

The United Kingdom and Serbia have been selected to show how second-generation thinking can be applied to both western and non-western political cultures.

New Warfare Domains and the Deterrence Theory Crisis

Rizwana Abbasi • May 13 2020 • Articles

The emergence of hybrid threats and hybrid war has altered the nature of the battlefield thereby transforming the relevance of nuclear deterrence.

Human Rights and Democracy Amidst Militarized COVID-19 Responses in Southeast Asia

Li-Li Chen • May 13 2020 • Articles

We need to be cautious of the forms of suppression and violence justified in a time of crisis, because they may indicate the emergence of a politics of intolerance and cruelty.

Opinion – Facebook’s Oversight Board: A Matter of Scope and Power

Daniel A. Díaz • May 12 2020 • Articles

Despite boasting impressive membership, it is difficult to say that this new board lives up to the powers and capabilities of an appropriate corporate governance body.

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