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Events

Global Nuclear Order annual conference 2025: Rethinking nuclear deterrence in an era of strategic uncertainty

25 April 2025, Zoom

De-financialising higher education? The student loan ‘crisis’ and debt cancellation policies in Chile

28 April 2025, Zoom

Local-level peacebuilding: between theory and practice

30 April 2025, London, UK

Unlock the power of academic blogging: Storytelling, tips and tools

30 April 2025, Zoom

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Take Five - 25 April 2025

Eve Harrison-Taylor gives you a rundown of the 5 best IR podcasts and articles this fortnight.

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Strangely inspired: Recovering a neo-Strangean approach to power, authority and knowledge for IPE

Blayne Haggart and Randall Germain discuss their new RIS article along with the video abstract.

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Obliged to hate: The successful stigmatisation of anti-war voices in Azerbaijan

Cesare Figari Barberis and Mirkamran Huseynli discuss their new RIS article along with the video abstract.

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Call for papers: US Foreign Policy Working Group annual conference

The US Foreign Policy Working Group are seeking submissions for their annual conference.

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What do we want? Climate justice!

Dr Guy Jackson discusses different visions of climate justice.

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A-Z of IR: W is for 'War' and X is for 'X article (socialism vs capitalism)'

Part twelve of Adrian Gallagher's A-Z of IR series. The series continues each week.

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Normativity in practice: Ordering through enactment, learning, and contestation in global protests

Frank Gadinger and Holger Niemann discuss their new RIS article along with the video abstract.

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‘Emperor at home, king abroad’: Legitimising authority in early modern East Asia

Michael Varnay discusses his new RIS article along with the video abstract.

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