Interview – Katarzyna Zysk
Prof. Zysk explains Russia’s use of non-military means for strategic ends, its approach to world order and its neigbours, and the influence of the Trump administration.
Review – Martin Wight on Fortune and Irony in Politics
This title offers a new and interesting contribution, not only for the English school, but also for the entire discipline of International Relations.
Interview – Juliet Sorensen
Juliet Sorensen discusses the ‘opioid epidemic’, explains the limitations that international law has in tackling the problem, and argues for criminal justice reform,
Interview – Inderjeet Parmar
Prof. Parmar talks about long-term US foreign policy, the think tank underbelly that forms an empire of the mind and also influences the Trump presidency.
Review – Gendering European Integration Theory. Engaging new Dialogues.
Although the volume lacks a deeper gender-blind approach, it prepares the ground for a more meaningful dialogue between gender studies and the wider social sciences.
Interview – Charlotte Epstein
Charlotte Epstein discusses the impact Foucault has had on her thinking, explains why discourse matters in the study of IR, and assesses the politics of surveillance.
Review – International Responses to Mass Atrocities in Africa
Insightful case studies that support the authors’ concept of R2P³ make this book an indispensable read not only for academics, but everyone who deals with R2P.
Interview – Walter Mignolo/Part 2: Key Concepts
Prof. Mignolo explains the difference between decolonization and decoloniality, the similarity of modernity and coloniality, and describes humanity’s planetary dimension.
Review – Splinterlands
Feffer’s novel is a compelling, short and readable account of what may happen to our world when forms of global integration disintegrate and there is no common future.
Interview – Walter Mignolo/Part 1: Activism and Trajectory
In the first of a two part interview Walter Mignolo discusses activism, the concept of coloniality, theory as practice and how aesthetics fit into decolonialism.
