Articles

Military Governance in Post-War Sri Lanka: Revisiting the Logic of Downsizing

Maxwin Paul Rayen • Jul 16 2025 • Articles

Only when Sri Lanka’s leaders prioritise political reconciliation over perpetual securitisation will the logic of a leaner military truly take hold.

A Vindication for African Women in the Adaptation and Mitigation Policy-Making Process

Aya Kamil • Jul 14 2025 • Articles

Gender responsive measures must be substantial, a step away from performative virtue signaling, and not falling prey to pink and green washing.

Iran’s Quiet Recalibration: Post-Conflict Strategy Challenges Sanctions Logic

Bahram P. Kalviri • Jul 14 2025 • Articles

The central question is whether Iran can restore its economic and strategic standing post-conflict, or if the situation will exacerbate its global challenges.

Opinion – Israeli Genocides in Gaza

Mehmet Rakipoğlu • Jul 11 2025 • Articles

The Israeli genocide in Gaza is a multi-faceted system of violence that combines kinetic war with infrastructural destruction, digital isolation, humanitarian deception, and settler futurism.

Outsider Geopolitics: To Be, or Not to Be, in the Arctic

Eda Ayaydin and Andreas Raspotnik • Jul 10 2025 • Articles

Outsiderness in the Arctic is not a fixed condition but rather a relational and narrated identity for states such as Turkey and France, and institutions like the EU.

The Right to Be Simulated: Digital Twins and the Rise of Geo-Algorithmic Inequality

Angelo Valerio Toma • Jul 10 2025 • Articles

Climate resilience strategies, investment flows, and urban development plans are all increasingly shaped by living models of the real world.

Opinion – Gendered Exclusion: Rethinking Taiwan’s Marginalisation

Joseph Black • Jul 10 2025 • Articles

A gendered lens reveals that Taiwan’s exclusion from multilateral institutions is not a passive condition but an active structuring of inequality.

Political Conclusions of the 2025 BRICS Summit

Luis Gouveia Jr • Jul 8 2025 • Articles

BRICS faces a significant challenge from rising international tensions and only time will tell whether the expanded grouping can overcome such difficulties.

Israel, Iran and the New Middle Eastern Chessboard

Habib Badawi • Jul 8 2025 • Articles

The June 2025 confrontation reveals fundamental shifts in regional power dynamics that challenge established assumptions about strategic strength and deterrence.

Confucius Institutes in Argentina and China’s Soft Power Strategy

Mauricio Percara • Jul 8 2025 • Articles

The Argentine experience demonstrates how academic institutions can domesticate soft power initiatives, reshaping them through their own values and legal traditions.

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