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Through memory work and visceral imagery, feminist accounts memorialize women as victims and dissidents, yet they invertedly recenter male voice and reinforce patriarchy.

Interview – Daniele Benzi

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Daniele Benzi calls for rethinking Latin American regionalism through global history and structural critique, urging scholars to unthink inherited paradigms.

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Maria Monge-Navarro Otero • Sep 4 2025 • Essays

From 2008 to 2014, EU security operations in Africa revealed a clash between human security principles and members’ national interests, undermining the EU’s global role.

Interview – Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

E-International Relations • Sep 4 2025 • Features

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam calls for globally rooted, justice-driven AI ethics to resist algorithmic bias and reclaim human agency in an increasingly coded world.

Hybrid Threats and the Evolution of Russian Sabotage

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Present-day Russian sabotage mirrors Soviet-era doctrine of escalation and target selection but harnesses cyber-enabled technologies and emerging Western vulnerabilities.

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E-International Relations • Aug 8 2025 • Features

Christos Mantas and Konstantina Oikonomou explore how liminality, conflict, and displacement reveal structural gaps in international law and protection of the Greek community in Ukraine.

Interview – Joyeeta Gupta

E-International Relations • Aug 4 2025 • Features

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Interview – Michael Byers

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Michael Byers explains how space, climate change, and conflict intersect and why global cooperation and context matter more than ever in international law.

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Interview – Joseph J. Kaminski

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