The Influence of China in Bringing Peace to Myanmar
China’s overall strategy in the world’s longest civil war that takes place in Myanmar is unclear, and its interests may not always align with a robust peace process.
Interview – Solomon Passy
Former Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, Solomon Passy, talks about the future of NATO, Bulgaria’s role in the alliance and its upcoming Presidency of the European Council.
Anthropocentrism and the Politics of the Living
Questions around the interactions and practices of living beings to produce international outcomes open up in IR around the politics of life after anthropocentrism.
Review – Basic Income: And How We Can Make It Happen
A valuable exposition of the case for universal basic income which nevertheless fails to recognise the revolutionary implications which its implementation would entail.
Should Australia Establish a Modern Slavery Act?
The corporate social responsibility of businesses may serve to obscure the fact that the primary responsibility for the protection of human rights belongs to states.
Open Access Book – Meditations on Diplomacy: Comparative Cases in Diplomatic Practice and Foreign Policy
This book, by Stephen Chan, explores via a range of examples, the challenges diplomacy faces today as actors seek to change history and undermine interests.
The ‘Nature’ of International Relations: From Geopolitics to the Anthropocene
The challenge is to find a way forward that does not revive geography as a condition of great power competition, but rather one that grapples with an Anthropocene IR.
Performing the Posthuman: An Essay in Three Acts
If last century was more about freeing the carbon than it was about freeing humanity from its chains, this century could be able to understand our posthuman condition.
Fifty Years of Israeli Occupation
The United States has a great role to play in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It should work together with both to reduce the friction between the two sides.
Global Security in a Posthuman Age? IR and the Anthropocene Challenge
Subjectivity refers to a form of self-identity that is marked by a constitutive lack-of-fullness. The subject is a void in the signifying structure.
