The COVID-19 pandemic has subjected solidarist order to pluralist transformation by stripping international summits of their performative role in diplomacy.
Contributions of non-Western states challenge narratives about the natural expansion of international society or the construction of a solely Western global order.
Integrating the theoretical framework of the philosophy of “Ubuntu,” originating from South Africa, has the potential to be an instrumental force in IR.
Newly emergent political norms and identities played a key role in shaping the Belarusian protest movements that surrounded the country’s 2020 presidential election.
Anarchy has no implications and is not a suitable core concept on which to build theories on International Relations.
In the case of CTF sanctions, UN influence over EU sanctions occurs through path dependency and the EU’s commitment to multilateralism and international law.
Hip Hop and the role of music emerge as a source of innovation and individual meaning-making in the face of dominant global power relations.
Statebuilding is a challenging terrain in which Western normative vision of statehood and lack of local ownership contribute to its failure.
Due to its economic weight, the assumption of the EU’s predominant economic power is logical. This applies even in security issues such as the Ukraine conflict.
The racist history of anarchy and sovereignty are obscured due to the high levels of abstraction and the value-neutrality embedded in mainstream theories.
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