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Opinion – Why China Parades Power as Peace

Enrico Gloria • Sep 14 2025 • Articles

Xi Jinping is selling a multipolar order with China as an active player, while Washington offers little that inspires confidence.

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.

Cyber Diplomacy and the Rise of the “Global South”

André Barrinha and Arindrajit Basu • Jun 10 2025 • Articles

The Global South remains relevant as a construct that captures the mood of the developing world on the geopolitics of technology of cyber issues.

Chagos Deal Is Done: Sovereignty Is Returned to Mauritius

Peter Clegg • May 25 2025 •

The commentary on the Chagos issue illustrates the increasingly polarised and detrimental nature of public discourse in the UK.

Opinion – Mexico’s Historical Vision for Free Trade in the Trump Era

Andrés Ruiz-Ojeda • Apr 1 2025 • Articles

As the Trump administration continues to flout the “rule-based order”, we must remember that the liberal elements of the order now under siege emerged largely against the preference of dominant powers.

Opinion – The Geopolitics of Moldova’s Wine Industry

Wilder Alejandro Sánchez • Feb 12 2025 • Articles

Moldova’s decoupling from dependence on Russia for wine trade ultimately made the wine industry more resilient by the time the war in Ukraine commenced.

Opinion – Bangladesh at the Centre of Australia’s Focus on the South

Mia Mahmudur Rahim • Jan 23 2025 • Articles

Strengthening Bangladesh’s relationship with Australia hinges on a facilitating a new Indo-Pacific resettlement deal for Rohingya refugees.

Thinking Global Podcast – Catarina M. Liberato

E-International Relations • Jul 4 2024 • Features

In the fourth part of our 2024 UK General Election series, Catarina M. Liberato speaks with about ‘Global Britain’ in The Post-Brexit Context and the 2024 UK General Election.

Thinking Global Podcast – Kathleen McInnis

E-International Relations • May 21 2024 • Features

Kathleen McInnis speaks about podcasting the political, how podcasting can work as a mechanism of political discourse, ‘Smart Women, Smart Power’, and more.

Thinking Global Podcast – Dov Waxman

E-International Relations • Oct 9 2023 • Features

Dov Waxman speaks about the unfolding violence in Israel and Gaza, framing the phenomenon, the status of Palestinian refugees, causal factors, likely outcomes, and more.

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