We are thrilled to announce the upcoming workshop titled “Reactionary Critiques and the Liberal International Order: Reflecting on the Failures and Promise of International Thought,” scheduled for June 16th, 2024, at CEEISA-ISA Rijeka, Croatia. Members of the “Reactionary Internationale” – Putin, Xi, Erdogan, Khamenei, Bolsonaro, Trump, and Modi – are actively challenging the liberal international ..read more

1 “No house will be left standing!” declared Ali Hassan al-Majid, the secretary general of the Baath Party’s Northern Bureau, in a meeting attended by senior military commanders and Iraqi Baath Party officials (Middle East Watch, 1993, p. 58). This meeting and subsequent meetings in the spring of 1987 would mark the start of a ..read more

Climate change concerns all states, if unequally. Direct impacts vary, with geography, location, and economic development all determining the specific dangers for each state. Indirect effects are uncertain, but at a minimum, climate-induced migration and ecological degradation will significantly strain the international order. This is to say nothing of more apocalyptic scenarios, such as cascade ..read more

The speech, delivered by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the 21st of February 2022 (three days before he launched the so-called special military operation), attracted widespread attention from scholars, politicians, and the media. With this speech, critics argue that Putin denied the existence of Ukraine, re-wrote its history, and conveyed Putin’s overt and implied reasons ..read more

Author: Owen Hanley Cover of the November 1991 issue of Kangura magazine. Translated text reads: “Which weapons are we going to use to beat the cockroaches for good?” The ominous call to violence from Kangura magazine, which served to fuel ethnic conflict, and the subsequent mass-killings which followed, constitute a significant part of what is ..read more

Author: Zoha Naser In January 2023, the New York Times published an exposé on a United States military drone strike in August 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan, which resulted in the deaths of 43-year-old Afghan aid worker Zemari Ahmadi and nine members of his family, including 7 children. The NYT piece was based on 66 partially ..read more

Author: Yashvardhan Agrawal  On the 21st of March, 2018, in Kigali, Rwanda, history was made as 44 member states of the African Union signed the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Established at the 10th extraordinary meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union, the agreement marked a ..read more

Author: Dianchen Shen Amidst political setbacks among governments that impacted businesses in Dalian, China, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement emerges as a potential catalyst for regional cooperation, economic growth, and reconciliation in East Asia. Through personal experiences and economic analysis, this blog post highlights RCEP’s capacity to revitalize economies, foster collaboration, and ..read more

Thinking Relationally: Round Table and Book launch for The Battle for Britain: Crises, Conflicts and the Conjuncture 27th June 2023; 17:00-19:30 Dockrill Room K6.07, King’s College London, Strand WC2R 2LS What is the conjuncture that we inhabit today and how does conjunctural analysis shed light on the present? How do entanglements of power, culture and politics ..read more

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