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.

Review – Cooperative Complexity

Henning Schmidtke • Sep 27 2025 • Features

Clark reframes global lending as inter-organizational politics, showing how rivalry boosts performance — though broader borrower strategies merit deeper inquiry.

Thinking Global Podcast – Harris Mylonas

E-International Relations • Sep 27 2025 • Features

Harris Mylonas speaks about nations, nationalism, nation-building and the politics of diaspora policy.

Bridging International Relations and Innovation Studies: Lessons from Two Communities

Pelle Berkhout • Sep 27 2025 • Articles

Combining insights from international relations and innovation policy could offer a more holistic approach to increasing geopolitical competition.

Why Polarity Misleads: Toward a New Grammar of International Relations

Arthur Michelino • Sep 26 2025 • Articles

The appeal of polarity lies in its simplicity, but it no longer reflects the architecture of global politics.

The Ghost of Gandhi: A Hauntological Approach to Truth and Non-Violence

Astha Chadha • Sep 25 2025 • Articles

The shadow that Gandhi’s memory casts over contemporary conflicts, such as between Israel and Palestine, is a reminder that the fight for a better world is an unfinished, haunting and necessary presence.

Opinion – The West’s Role in Ukraine’s Lost Future

Ali Askerov • Sep 24 2025 • Articles

The war in Ukraine shows that the West has failed to present a decisive, unified, and sustainable strategy to defeat Russia or reshape the international order.

Opinion – When Political Fear Trumps Rights: Same-Sex Couples in Hong Kong

Ka Hang Wong • Sep 23 2025 • Articles

Political caution trumps full legal compliance, leaving ordinary residents trapped in a system that prioritizes procedure and appearances over substantive rights.

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