
Research Centre in International Relations
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This forum seeks to provide a platform for the engagement of members of the center with the public and an outlet for small articles on a range of research interests, as well as contributions from guests. Our research projects focus on war and the government of populations, security and the discourses and practices of securitization, the international political sociology of mobility, governmental..
Research Centre in International Relations
5M ago
From Military to Market: Feminist Framings of Private Security, Warfare and Global Militarism. Warfare and global security operations are increasingly underpinned by market actors. Whereas in the 1990s, private security actors were on the fringes of global security, in the contemporary moment private military and security companies (PMSCs) now maintain a central role in how ..read more
Research Centre in International Relations
5M ago
Global Nationalism, edited and framed by Pablo de Orellana and Nicholas Michelsen, brings together the latest research by up-and-coming early career researchers and scholars. Beginning with a succinct history and typology of contemporary nationalism and its predecessors, this book offers analysis of several cases of contemporary nationalism, examining how specific movements define identity, address grievances ..read more
Research Centre in International Relations
5M ago
Author: Dr Lola Frost The work of art, and here I mean what art does, is difficult to describe. Our experience of art exceeds our understanding, but also calls for an interpretation of that experience. My studies have focussed on what is aesthetically, politically and ethically at stake at the interface between experience and interpretation. Via ..read more
Research Centre in International Relations
5M ago
Author: Prof Mervyn Frost The word “fog” in the phrase “the fog of war” might be taken to suggest a breakdown, chaos, disorder or anarchy. It may be taken to suggest a state of affairs that is chaotic. Where things are like this it might be thought that talk of ethics is a waste of ..read more