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Here we bring you editorial and analysis on the hot topics in International Relations, including summaries from our two journals and research from our members and working groups.
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Imperial mobilities, errantry, and the displacement of the Chagos Islanders
Alice Engelhard discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
Mapping the margins: A decolonial exploration of Kenyan women’s encounters with violent extremism
Sahla Aroussi and David Duriesmith discuss the key points from their new co-authored RIS article.
Everyday casteism in cyberspace and what it means for cybersecurity
An article about caste and casteism in the context of cybersecurity.
Overlooked dimensions: Emotions in environmental movements and green politics
Dr Efser Rana Coşkun on her new book Unraveling Emotions in Environmental Movements and Green Politics.
Review of International Studies podcast - episode eight
In the eighth podcast episode, Seb Kaempf discusses 'Seeing and sensing world politics' with Professor Roland Bleiker.
Pakistani conflictual world-making in international politics: The Afghan–Soviet War, Cold War counter-insurgency, and the struggles for decolonisation
Asad Zaidi discusses the key points from his new RIS article.
Why did the Netherlands apologize? Slavery, justice, and the political conditions of state apologies in Europe
Bart-Jan Zandee and Salvador Santino Regilme discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
New Books Network podcast - States of transition
Pauline Heinrichs talks to Peter Newell about his latest book.
Review of International Studies podcast - episode seven
In the seventh podcast episode, Seb Kaempf discusses Katrina Lee-Koo's new editors selection.
The best books on queer movement building
Jamie Hagen gives us her best books to understand queer movement building.
Fan club world politics: Reinterpreting international relations beyond the state
Thomas Davies discusses the key points from his new RIS article with the video abstract
Saprobic politics: Decomposing colonial cosmologies in international relations
Gabriella Colello discusses the key points from her new RIS article with the video abstract.
Review of International Studies podcast - episode six
In the sixth podcast episode, Seb Kaempf discusses Restraining War with Thomas Gregory.
Review of International Studies podcast - episode five
In the fifth podcast episode, Seb Kaempf discusses Global Environmental Issues with Poppy S. Winanti
World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige
Elif Kalaycioglu discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
Analysing recognition multidirectionally: Canada, United Nations membership, and the Algerian question
Caroline Elizabeth Dunton discusss the key points from her new RIS article with the video abstract.
Event summary: Voices in learning and teaching
Insights from Dr Edwards and Dr Jackson on participatory methods for inclusive learning.
BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives – Democracy and human rights challenges
Ruth Blakeley shares perspectives on events and challenges that have shaped the discipline.
Event recording: Global development cooperation at a crossroads - ground rules for partnership in a fragmented world?
Catch up on the recent event from the Global Politics and Development Working Group
Event recording - New dimensions, 50 years on: Reflections on continuity and change in global politics
Watch the recording of this virtual event, revisiting the first ever BISA conference in 1975.
Failure-proof or failure-prone? The paradoxes of global biodiversity institutions
Author Sylvain Maechler discusses the key points from his co-authored article with Jacqueline Best.
Outsourcing anti-dependency: Brazil’s fraught embedded-autonomy approach to China
Rute Ester Brasileiro da Silva discusses the key points from her new RIS article and video abstract.
In discussion: Jamie J Hagen
We talk to Jamie J Hagen, our BISA EDI Officer, to get to know her a little better.
Dirty hands, savage enemies, and bad apples: A taxonomy of war crimes apologia
Neil Christopher Renic and Jessica Wolfendale discuss the key points from their new RIS article with the video abstract.
Legitimising international orders: The symbolic dimension of surrender
Alexandros Koutsoukis discusses the key points from his new RIS article with the video abstract.
The protection of cultural property in times of armed conflict: Ethics, gender, and coloniality
Annika Bergman Rosamond discusses the key points from her new RIS article with the video abstract.
Global politics of cultural heritage: Status, authority, and geopolitics
Elif Kalaycioglu and Jelena Subotić discuss their RIS article and the special issue it introduces.
Wha’s like us? The desecuritisation of migration as ontological security-seeking in Scotland
Ian Paterson and Ben Rosher discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
Decentred dereliction in digital international relations: PeaceTech, ethics, and the cascading of moral responsibility
Andreas T. Hirblinger, Fabian B. Hofmann and Kristoffer Lidén discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
Neoclassical realist theory of populist foreign policy
Gustav Meibauer discusses the key points from his new RIS article.
The best books to understand how the global order is changing
James Pattison gives us his best books to understand how the global order is changing.
Spotlight on: Dakila Yee
PhD candidate Dakila Yee shares his research interests and future plans.
Heritage geopolitics: Hegemonic meaning-making, international orders, and the heritagisation of traditional archery in Turkey and beyond
Fulya Hisarlıoğlu and Lerna K Yanık discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
Emerging norms and international change: The responsibility not to veto and its impact on the Security Council
Eglantine Staunton discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
Weaponised legal dependence: How states repress their globalised oligarchs
Nikhil Kalyanpur discusess the key points from his new RIS article.
War of movement: The political economy of conflict escalation in Colombia, 1990–8
Oliver Dodd discuss the key points from his new RIS article.
Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now?
Mathias Larsen and James Jackson explore why climate researchers routinely return to the state.
BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives – The new dimensions of foreign policy (1975!)
Professor Jack Holland looks back at the themes of the first BISA conference, which took place in 1975.
The latest in IR - autumn book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
Populism, visual technologies, and the self-mediation of ‘the people’ from the 2002 Venezuelan coup to the 2021 US Capitol riots
Benjamin Moffitt discusses his new RIS article along with the video abstract.
States of transition? From governing the environment to transforming society
Peter Newell discusses his new book on governing the environment and transforming society.
Can the state prevent? The role of the Joint Communiqué in preventing conflict-related sexual violence
Phyu Phyu Oo and Sara E Davies discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
Event recording - Public engagement in research: tools and reflections on reaching new audiences
Watch the recording of the PKPBHR Working Group event the alternative tools used to showcase research
The best books on terrorism and democracy
Carlos Yebra López gives us his best books on terrorism and democracy. Published with Shepherd.
BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives – 10 Years of the European Journal of International Security
Tim Edmunds looks back at the creation of our journal EJIS, and how things are going 10 years on.
Beyond frameworks: Alternative pathways for AI governance in a fragmented world
A blogpost about supplementing AI frameworks with alternative governance systems.
Susan Strange meets the everyday: The mundane sources of structural power
Kasper Arabi discuss the key points from his new RIS article.
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