Donald Trump

Xi and the North Korea Challenge in the Trump Era

Zhiqun Zhu • Mar 26 2017 • Articles

The United States and China must jointly address the North Korea challenge, based on the consensus that North Korea is a common security threat and peace is possible.

Obama’s Bulwark against Torture: Will It Stop Trump?

Steven J. Barela • Mar 15 2017 • Articles

The Obama administration’s two-pronged approach of closing legal gaps and studying effective means of interrogation, in fact, helps illuminate the moral point at stake.

Donald Trump and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Raphael Cohen-Almagor • Mar 10 2017 • Articles

President Trump can instill a sense of urgency in Israel and Palestine and create a new chapter in which people recognise the many similarities that exist between them.

Sino-UK Relations and the Impact of Trump

Kerry Brown • Mar 6 2017 • Articles

There are going to be some rocky moments between the US-UK and UK-China equations. The UK’s attempts to lie between the US and China may prove the wisdom of the adage.

Analysing but Not Seeing: What’s Missing When We Forget Images in IR

Dean Cooper-Cunningham • Mar 6 2017 • Articles

Security is not solely constructed discursively but also visually. Dominant securitization theory ignores the latter, leaving it somewhat decontextualized.

The End of the Global Liberal Order?

Mauro F. Guillén • Mar 4 2017 • Articles

The global liberal order still represents the best option for a peaceful and prosperous future, but it will need to be reformed or it will become moribund.

The War of the Words: Trump and the Left

Patricia Sohn • Mar 3 2017 • Articles

Institutions keeps the country intact and in balance over the long term. Arguments over the details of policy matter less, for we regularly change our minds on policy.

Performance and Politics Fifty Years After ‘Society of the Spectacle’

Cami Rowe • Feb 27 2017 • Articles

Resistant political performance must be reconsidered given populist post-truth politics. The relevance of shared truths and authenticity of others is now questioned.

Protecting Europe: We Really Mean it

Harvey M. Sapolsky • Feb 27 2017 • Articles

Once a year or so, the US will complain about how little our allies do. Don’t worry. It is just ritualistic behavior expected of the incumbent and carries no weight back here.

America’s New Best Friend: The UK vs Japan

Peter Matanle • Feb 26 2017 • Articles

The challenge in the months ahead will be to ensure that Britain’s isolation can be reversed with the discovery of a new purpose at the centre of world affairs.

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