The Global War on Drugs as Authoritarian Statecraft and Its Human Rights Costs

Salvador Santino Regilme • Oct 11 2025 • Articles

Prohibition’s coercive approach enables authoritarian statecraft, consequently undermining democratic governance that is necessary for human rights.

Tunisia at a Crossroads: The Arab Spring’s Lone Flame, Fifteen Years On

Suraj Yadav • Oct 10 2025 • Articles

Tunisia shows that revolutions do not always collapse immediately into dictatorship or war – they can stumble, backslide, and persist in twilight.

Opinion – The Calibrated Brussels-Effect: Regulatory Power and Investment Risks

Emre Kanber • Oct 9 2025 • Articles

CEPA signals Brussels may adopt a calibrated approach: maintaining strict regulatory rules, but showing flexibility on governance and procedural clauses when necessary.

Opinion – The Politics of Presence: Do High-Level Visits Matter in Preventing War?

Ali Balcı • Oct 7 2025 • Articles

On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Arab and Muslim leaders exemplified how high-level, collective visits can amplify pressure.

Volunteer Position Open: International Relations Commissioning Editor

E-International Relations • Oct 7 2025 • Articles

Would you like to volunteer some time to help us bring the latest research to the largest academic audience on the internet?

Rethinking Sex: Intersex and Transgender Politics in Shia Islam

Roohollah Talebi Tooti • Oct 7 2025 • Articles

The recognition of trans identity in Iran is not a simple story of liberation, but a complex politico-theological act that simultaneously confirms and polices the boundaries of gender.

Opinion – Europe’s Risky Quest for Technological Autonomy

Riccardo Bosticco • Oct 7 2025 • Articles

The global competition over technology has spurred a frenzy of policy initiatives in the pursuit of the European Union’s strategic autonomy and digital sovereignty.

Opinion – AI Nationalism and the Multipolar Future

Nicholas Morieson • Oct 7 2025 • Articles

The race for AI supremacy is about legitimacy, identity, and the authority to decide which values will be embedded in infrastructures that increasingly govern human life.

Opinion – International Recognition of Palestine and the Risk of a West Bank “Frontier”

James Ron • Oct 7 2025 • Articles

The absence of international protection over the West Bank could see it devolve into a zone of devastation, rather than Palestinian safety.

The Algorithm is the Musket

Ali E. Erol • Oct 6 2025 • Articles

Today, wars are algorithmically targeted, fought at state borders and within cities, and financed by the dispossession of the very people the state claims to protect.

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