Opinion – The West Should Drop the ‘Hybrid Warfare’ Discourse on Ukraine

Tarik Solmaz • Mar 25 2024 • Articles

Labelling Russia’s contemporary actions in Ukraine as hybrid warfare fails to accurately depict the evolving nature of the ongoing conflict.

Thinking Global Podcast – G. John Ikenberry (Part Two)

E-International Relations • Mar 25 2024 • Features

In the second part of our interview, G. John Ikenberry talks more about the Liberal International Order and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Interview – Hirotsugu Aida

E-International Relations • Mar 24 2024 • Features

Hirotsugu Aida discusses key issues impacting the American Presidential election, developments in Japanese politics, and the current state of US-Japan relations.

From 9/11 to Humanise Palestine: Investigating the Terror of Grievability

Chenglong Yin • Mar 23 2024 • Essays

Reproduced violence in videos and images registers an order of grievability that fails to recognise the value of lives in the Middle East as lives.

Women’s Rights in North Korea: Reputational Defense or Labor Mobilization?

Yesun Kim • Mar 22 2024 • Essays

The plight of North Korean women is evident in the Kim regime’s exploitation of their labor and lack of protection for their rights, despite its rhetoric.

Interview – Darcy Leigh

E-International Relations • Mar 20 2024 • Features

Darcy Leigh elucidates the need to incorporate Queer Feminist perspectives in International Relations, and the dangers of a lack of nuance when evaluating free speech.

Putin’s Russia: Violence, Power and Another 12 Years

David R. Marples • Mar 20 2024 • Articles

Putin can remain in office until 2036, when he will turn 84, but he will preside over a state with fewer people and dwindling resources.

The Racial Wealth Gap: Why America Should Discuss Reparations

Cliff (Ubba) Kodero • Mar 20 2024 • Articles

A comprehensive approach to the legacy of slavery and discrimination includes reparations – but also policy changes and a shift toward fairness.

Thinking Global Podcast – G. John Ikenberry (Part One)

E-International Relations • Mar 18 2024 • Features

In the first of a two part series, G. John Ikenberry talks about the ‘crisis’ of the Liberal International Order and how the Russian invasion of Ukraine relates to this.

Reclaiming Surzhyk: Ukraine’s Linguistic Decolonisation

The appropriation of surzhyk testifies to the tendency towards elevation of Ukraine’s linguistic varieties and acceptance of variation, which goes against the colonial idealisation of strictly traced norms.

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