Articles

Hegemonic Stability Theory: Trump’s Transactional Hegemony and the Cambodia-Thailand Border Dispute

Lak Chansok • Aug 8 2025 • Articles

Stability in Southeast Asia will depend on the rules-based structures that small states rely on for their sovereignty and security.

Opinion – Could the United Nations Solve the Gaza Quandary?

John Allphin Moore, Jr. and Jerry Pubantz • Aug 8 2025 • Articles

The UN’s peacekeeping efforts in Timor-Leste offer an example of how to break the static and bleak situation in Gaza.

Schizocartography as a Methodology: Case-Studies from Gaza

Martin Duffy • Aug 6 2025 • Articles

Even in the worst communal moments of sacrifice, artistic expression offers both a form of memory and a space to dwell in.

Opinion – Between Food Drops and State Recognition, End Palestinian and Israeli Suffering First

Alexander Loengarov • Aug 6 2025 • Articles

The US, Europe and Arab countries will need to preside over staged and gradual negotiations, which must also include guarantees for Israel.

Strategic or Symbolic? Reassessing Hiroshima and Nagasaki Eighty Years On

Markus Schindler • Aug 6 2025 • Articles

Eighty years on, the available information suggest that the US leadership overestimated the strategic impact of the nuclear bombings on Japan.

Revisiting and Resharing the Idea of an Integrated Justice Approach to Land Reform

Cynthia Embido Bejeno • Aug 4 2025 • Articles

Integrating economic, cultural, and political dimensions in research, policy, and practice can be more effective in advancing land and gender justice.

Hezbollah’s Hemispheric Backup: Strategic Redundancy in South America

Jeffery A. Tobin • Aug 3 2025 • Articles

Hezbollah’s South American infrastructure blends into markets, moves through paperwork, and grows in spaces where governance is uneven.

China Advances and the US Retreats in Latin America and the Caribbean

Hyeran Jo and Nathalie Méndez • Aug 1 2025 • Articles

Latin America, and Colombia in particular, finds itself at the center of a geopolitical tug-of-war with China’s calculated investments and the US’s shifting policies.

Decentralization or Distraction? Iran’s Post-War Gamble

Babek Chalabi • Aug 1 2025 • Articles

Recent developments have raised questions about whether Iran is moving toward a version of federalism or simply seeking administrative devolution.

Opinion – International Law’s Adaptive Resilience: Navigating Contemporary Global Conflicts

Bhavya Johari • Jul 30 2025 • Articles

International law’s future depends on its capacity to evolve while maintaining fundamental protective principles.

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