The House of the Post-Colonial Spirits
Post-colonial echoes perfectly encapsulate all the wondrous things history has to offer to those whose minds are wise enough not to lose sight of the past and whose hearts remain open to all the many possibilities of the future.
America First, Humanity Second: Trump, MAGA, and American Imperialism Revisited
The most powerful country in the world is dismantling the order it helped create and rekindling old ideas about spheres of influence and regional imperialism.
The Haves and the Have-Nots: The West, the Global South, and the Rest
Perhaps it is time to retire the ‘West versus the rest’ framework in a similar way that some have advocated to drop the ‘post-Soviet’ label.
The Reluctant Empire: The United States and America
America, the continent, has always been a place to welcome those who decided that staying put was not going to cut it.
The Grand Inquest of the World: British Imperialism and Europe
We don’t need to get rid of the British Museum, what we need is more British Museums around the world, where kids of all places can access this kind of knowledge in their own towns.
New Book – The Praeter-Colonial Mind: An Intellectual Journey Through the Back Alleys of Empire
The Praeter-Colonial Mind attempts to understand the ways in which the lingering legacies of imperialism play a key role in today’s postcolonial societies.
War and Imperialism in the Aerial History of World Politics
The Fascist invasion of Abyssinia foregrounded the political function of air to the construction of a racialised understanding of civilisation and international order.
Opinion – Rethinking ‘Imperialism’ from the Perspective of International Law and Practices
The argument that Russia and China are anti-imperialist forces, while the international rule of law hinders human emancipation, is far from reality.
Interview – Marlene Laruelle
Marlene Laruelle describes how historical conceptions can act as a lens to analyse contemporary developments in Russia and its global political interactions.
Interview – Andrew Delatolla
Andrew Delatolla discusses Queer IR, the contemporary governance of sexuality in the West, ‘homocolonialism’ and his upcoming edited volume.
