Cognitive and Ethical Implications of the Drone as an Agential Actor in War

Zayd Riaz • Oct 2 2025 • Essays

Drones reshape our ethical reasoning. They have a formative effect on the pilot’s cognition and the legal and moral frameworks the individual is situated within.

Beyond Eurocentrism: International Development and the Success/Failure Binary

Felix Willuweit • Sep 30 2025 • Essays

Development theory requires a shift to a self-reflexive, decolonial approach to avoid reproducing the Eurocentric biases inherent in the Success/Failure binary.

Is Patriotism Just Obedience? Hong Kong Under the National Security Law

Ka Hang Wong • Sep 30 2025 • Articles

Historical precedents, symbolic instruments and contemporary strategies converge to shape Hongkongers’ understanding of sovereignty, identity, and patriotism.

Interview – Evren Balta

E-International Relations • Sep 30 2025 • Features

Evren Balta explores Turkey’s hybrid foreign policy, the entanglement of domestic and global politics amidst high-profile conflicts, and calls for a plural vision of IR.

From Treaty Ports to BRI Courts: China’s Legal Statecraft, Then and Now

Ashton Ng • Sep 29 2025 • Articles

China’s BRI-era ‘one-stop’ dispute-resolution model, centred on the China International Commercial Court (CICC) reverses treaty-port extraterritoriality by turning legal pluralism from an imposed constraint into invited jurisdiction through China-led venues.

The Quantum Race: How Emerging Technologies Reshape Global Security Governance

Elena Zancanaro • Sep 29 2025 • Articles

The quantum race represents a profound challenge to global security governance but also a unique window for cooperative action.

Soft Power Viral: TikTok, Memes, and Transnational Dissent in the Age of Digital Influence

Mauricio Percara • Sep 29 2025 • Articles

In a world where ordinary users can shape global perceptions, the dynamics of influence and legitimacy are being fundamentally redefined.

Cute Geopolitics and the Other AI

Yelyzaveta Glybchenko • Sep 29 2025 • Articles

Being Cute with Ukraine is building peace with Ukraine – an entrepreneurial, political and cultural strategy for victory.

Reframing IR through Disability: Translating Global Norms into Social Realities

Sinmyung Park • Sep 29 2025 • Articles

A field that continues to silence the world’s largest minority risks not only analytical incompleteness but also moral irrelevance.

Opinion – Europe’s Far Right and the Normalisation of Injustice in Palestine

Tewfik Hamel • Sep 28 2025 • Articles

The seemingly contradictory alliance between Israel and far-right parties becomes coherent when considering shared ideological commitments and strategic interests.

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