Indigenous Perspectives on International Relations Theory
Indigenous efforts challenge state-centric views to include different ways of understanding relations between peoples, the natural world and the planet.
The Colonial Politics of Recognition in Trudeau’s Relationship with Indigenous Nations
Trudeau recognizes Indigenous peoples not as territorial-based nations, but as historically oppressed cultural groups requiring state protection.
International Relations of ‘A Tribe Called Red’
Turtle Island–based electric-pow-wow superstars, A Tribe Called Red, allows students and scholars of IR to experience what a decolonial IR might look and sound like.
Colonial Animality: Canadian Colonialism and the Human-Animal Relationship
De-anthropocentricizing ventures that do not decolonize are perilous, for neither non-human nor human colonial subjects can be ‘recognized’ into liberation.
What Do We Mean by ‘Local People’? The Palestinian Case.
In the West Bank and Gaza, municipal leaders do truly thankless and heroic tasks every day. Let them represent their people.
Interview – Sebastian Knecht
Sebastian Knecht discusses the importance of the Arctic Council, the role of NGOs in Arctic governance, and the limited impact of Obama’s oil exploration moratorium.
From Standing Rock to Resistance in Context: Towards Anarchism against Settler Colonialism
Anarchists need to engage with Indigenous peoples and communities who are already resisting capitalism, colonialism and the state in their areas.
Edited Collection – Restoring Indigenous Self-Determination: Theoretical and Practical Approaches
Indigenous peoples find themselves locked in power struggles with states and transnational actors who resist their claims, raising important questions in theory and practice.
Review – Land and Freedom
An excellent piece of comparative scholarship that pulls no critical punches when it comes to addressing the contradictions which underlie these rural movements.
Everyday Life after Annexation: The Autonomous Republic of Crimea
A new order is solidifying in Crimea that celebrates the reunion with Russia, even as the rights and the wellbeing of the indigenous people are eclipsed.
